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The Great Naval Leaders
On May 10 I lectured about the Battle of Midway to Old Dominion University’s Institute of Learning in Retirement. Over the course of a wonderful discussion, I assessed one of the U.S. commanders, Raymond Spruance, as “one of the greatest fleet commanders in our history.” Driving home, I recalled a conversation with the Bull Run […]
Read more...Race, Remembrance and Tourism in New Orleans
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In the wake of the Charleston shootings there was a renewed call to remove Confederate monuments throughout America. Few cities have seen this process play out in such stark terms as in New Orleans. The city has many Confederate statues, the most prominent […]
Read more...ECW’s April Newsletter Now Available
It’s the start of “the Civil War season”—during the war, the armies started their spring campaigns, and for students of the war today, people start visiting the battlefields in earnest. The weather is the trigger for both, of course. In this month’s Emerging Civil War newsletter, Editor-in-Chief Chris Mackowski offers some thoughts on the meaning of spring […]
Read more...Failed Ironclads: CSS Mississippi and CSS Louisiana at New Orleans
In October 1861, the skeletons of two strange iron monsters began to emerge from the Mississippi bank at Jefferson City, just north of New Orleans. They would become the CSS Mississippi and CSS Louisiana. Confederate Navy Secretary Stephen Mallory had ordered five ironclads built in the interior; others were Eastport on the Tennessee River, and […]
Read more...Coming Soon: Richmond Shall Not Be Given Up: The Seven Days’ Battles by Doug Crenshaw
Last year, we concentrated on getting some Emerging Civil War Series books in the works on the Western Theater. The result: titles on Atlanta and Chattanooga, with titles on Shiloh and Franklin later this year. We have Vicksburg in the works, too. This year, we’ve turned our attention to 1862, which has been underserved in […]
Read more...Coming Soon: Battle Above the Clouds by Dave Powell
As we continue the roll-out of our spring Emerging Civil War Series titles, we’re pleased to welcome award-winning writer Dave Powell to the series. Dave, a regular contributor with ECW, is following up his incredible Chickamauga Campaign trilogy with a lighter treatment of the Chattanooga Campaign. Chattanooga, of course, serves as the follow-up to—and direct […]
Read more...WHM Profile: Paige Gibbons-Backus
by ECW Correspondent Emily Losito Walking through most museums, one becomes trapped behind barriers, peering through glass-encased artifacts, and shunned from touching practically everything. However, at Ben Lomond Historic Site in Manassas, Virginia, interaction is encouraged. The property, a pre-Civil War plantation, transformed into a hospital to aid Confederate soldiers following the first battle of […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Matt Atkinson
We’re pleased to welcome back historian Matt Atkinson for this year’s Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, Aug. 4-6, 2017. As part of our theme “Great Defenses of the Civil War,” Matt will offer a look at the defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi. “The Siege of Vicksburg” ranks among the few true sieges in the […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: The USS Monitor Center
Have you ever been aboard a Civil War ironclad, or two? You can come close in The USS Monitor Center nestled in a beautiful setting at The Mariners’ Museum & Park, Newport News, Virginia. The Monitor Center is the official repository and preservation lab for over 200 tons of priceless artifacts recovered from the iconic […]
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