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Forts: Conclusion
The series on Civil War Forts is wrapping up, and – as usual – we’re collecting all the series’ articles into one post for easy reference in the future. Thank you to all the writers and all the readers and commenters for making this series another one to remember! We hope you’re inspired to go […]
Read more...Week In Review: February 20-27, 2022
Forts, book reviews, Civil War music, pocket diaries, and more! Here’s a look back at the last seven days on the ECW blog… Sunday, February 20: In the evening, Chris Mackowski posted about fables of the Reconstruction.
Read more...Week In Review: January 31-February 6, 2022
February is here! Check out the updates for the 2022 Symposium, new posts for Black History Month, veteran’s remarks at the 1913 Gettysburg reunion, and more… Monday, January 31: Question of the Week asked about sea or river navies. Kristen M. Trout wrote about a Missourian veteran at the 1913 Gettysburg reunion.
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: “What If” Roundtable Panel
Welcome to another installment of our 2022 Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight Series. We are introducing you to each of our outstanding speakers that will be presenting at the Eighth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium August 5 – 7, 2022. Today we are featuring the return of our popular Friday evening panel! Our Friday evening tradition […]
Read more...Week In Review: October 31-November 7, 2021
Book reviews, navy history, a puzzling diary, the largest Civil War museum west of the Mississippi, and more on the blog this week. And don’t miss our new series which takes a look at stories about writing the books in the Emerging Civil War Series… Sunday, October 31: In the evening, a new blog series […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: An Introduction
Emerging Civil War is celebrating our tenth anniversary this year (it’s our party and we can make it last a year if we want to!). We had a great birthday celebration in August at the Symposium. With the super support of Ted Savas, we launched the ECW 10th Anniversary Book Series (more on that soon, […]
Read more...Week In Review: October 10-17, 2021
The “Under Fire” blog series continued, books were reviewed, Jackson and Gettysburg(?), and much more on the ECW blog this week… Sunday, October 10: In the evening, Chris Mackowski shared about Gordon Rhea’s new book Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Monday, October 11: Question of the Week highlighted […]
Read more...Upcoming Presentations: September-October 2021
ECW’s historians are finally starting to get back out on the road. Here’s a look at the speaking engagements folks have thus far scheduled for the next two months. You can see our full list of upcoming presentations here. September: 7th: Chris Mackowski, Brunswick (NC) Civil War Roundtable 9th: Dwight Hughes, “Unlike Anything That Ever […]
Read more...Week In Review: August 23-29, 2021
This week we wrapped up the Fallen Leaders Blog Series, reviewed a few books, released a new podcast episode, chatted about Reconstruction, and more… Monday, August 23: Question of the Week focused on cavalry skirmishes. Guest author Guy Hasegawa shared about his research on Samuel Preston Moore for his new book. Fallen Leaders: George […]
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