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The Most Overlooked Phase of the Overland Campaign
I often wonder what motivates people to buy the Civil War books they do. Are they interested in learning something? Being entertained? Both? Do they want to hear their favorite story told one more time, maybe in a new way? Or maybe exactly as they expect it to be told, without anyone monkeying with it […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review June 19-25
Our main focus this past week was the continuation of our series, “My Favorite Historical Person,” A number of our authors and a guest author contributed. You may click on the links below to read the articles. We are also a little over a month away from the 2017 Emerging Civil War Symposium and there […]
Read more...On Location: Atop Kennesaw Mountain
On June 19, 1864, Joseph Johnston’s Army of Tennessee slipped into its strongest defensive position of the Atlanta Campaign: Kennesaw Mountain. I went On Location, at the mountain’s crest, to take a look for myself; I also had the opportunity to talk with my colleague, Emerging Civil War historian Steve Davis, author of A Long […]
Read more...Week in Review: June 5 to June 11
It has been a busy week at Emerging Civil War. We continued our preview of speaker topics for the 2017 Symposium. Additionally, a new Series “My Favorite Historical Person”, kicked off Friday, June 9. Here is a recap of all our posts from June 5 to June 11. You may click on each of the […]
Read more...Eric Wittenberg: John Buford’s brilliantly designed tactics
When Eric Wittenberg’s award-winning book The Devil’s to Pay: John Buford at Gettysburg came out in 2014, it made quite a splash. Eric will be speaking on that subject at the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge (Aug. 4-6). We asked him to share a few thoughts in advance of his talk. […]
Read more...A Yankee Cavalryman Remembers Fleetwood Hill
Shortly after 4:30 a.m. on June 9, 1863, Brig. Gen. John Buford’s Union cavalry division crossed the Rappahannock at Beverly Ford and engaged a Confederate brigade under Brig. Gen. William E. “Grumble” Jones. Buford’s horsemen soon gained the upper hand, however, Jones was able to hold on long enough for Maj. Gen. Jeb Stuart to […]
Read more...“Remembered With Special Honor”: Benjamin Davis at Brandy Station
Today marks the 154th Anniversary of the Battle of Brandy Station. One of the more interesting and I think forgotten figures of the engagement is Col. Benjamin Franklin “Grimes” Davis. Unlike many of his comrades, Davis was a Southerner. George Sanford, who served with him in the 1st U.S. Cavalry later claimed he was a […]
Read more...Chris Mackowski: Revisiting the North Anna River
So, I’m speaking at the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in August, where we’re focusing on “Great Defenses of the Civil War,” and my topic is the Confederate defense along the North Anna River. I’m supposed to come up with a blog post that somehow relates to my talk as a […]
Read more...Dan Welch: Interpreting Stonewall at Second Manassas
The concentration of this year’s ECW Symposium will examine great defensive stands of the American Civil War. The multi-day event will look at numerous commanders, command decisions, and battlefields along the way, including both theaters of the conflict. For me, my task will be to interpret just one of those defensive stands, “Stonewall” Jackson at […]
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