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ECW Honors Chris Heisey with Upton Award
Emerging Civil War has selected photographer Chris Heisey as the recipient of its 2023 Emory Upton Award. The award is presented to a member of the Emerging Civil War (ECW) community in recognition of outstanding service to ECW. “One of my great pleasures as editor in chief at ECW is when I get to open […]
Read more...ECW Honors Childress Agency with Stevenson Award
Emerging Civil War (ECW) has selected Childress Agency as the recipient of this year’s Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely Stevenson Award. The Stevenson Award is presented to an individual or organization in recognition of outstanding service to ECW. Childress Agency is a top-rated digital marketing agency located in the Washington, D.C., metro area. With more than […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: 2023 Photos!
This past weekend the 9th Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium took place at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania Virginia. We were thrilled to welcome nearly 180 people to the event! Here are a few of our favorite photos from the weekend: On Friday morning, Kevin Pawlak and Rob Orrison led a battlefield tour at Bristoe Station […]
Read more...In Memoriam: Meg Groeling
Emerging Civil War is sad to share the news of the death of a treasured member of our community, Meg Groeling. In March 2021, Meg shared with ECW readers that she had been diagnosed with lymphoma. After an initial rough spell, she bounced back. “You don’t beat lymphoma,” she told me. “You live with it, […]
Read more...Book Review: Toward A More Perfect Union: The Civil War Letters of Frederic and Elizabeth Lockley
Toward A More Perfect Union: The Civil War Letters of Frederic and Elizabeth Lockley. Edited by Charles E. Rankin. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2023. Hardcover, 425 pp. $38.95. Reviewed by Sarah Kay Bierle Hundreds of letter collections exist from Civil War soldiers—published and unpublished. Finding a consistent collection of letters between a soldier husband […]
Read more...Emerging Civil War Podcast: Black Civil War Surgeons
The latest episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is available. Jill Newmark joins the program to talk about her latest book in the “Engaging the Civil War” Series, Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons. You can listen here: “Engaging the Civil War” is published by Southern Illinois University Press […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: 2023 TENTATIVE Schedule
We’re excited to share the tentative schedule for the 2023 Symposium weekend. Please note that times and details may be subject to minor changes. If there are any changes, we will update the schedule on our Symposium event page and encourage you to refer to that listing as the weekend gets closer. If you’re registered […]
Read more...Civil War Surprises: Conclusion
On the anniversary of one of the greatest surprise attacks of the American Civil War (the Flank Attack at Chancellorsville), we’re wrapping up the Civil War Surprises series. Here are quick links to all the posts in the series in case you missed any or want to reference the entire collection. Thank you to all […]
Read more...Civil War Surprises: Dropping In On General Grant
I have recently been reading through the manuscript of sculptor James E. Kelly’s memoirs, which have never been published in their entirety. [1] They contain more than a few surprises, though one came to mind immediately when ECW’s Sarah Kay Bierle asked if I could contribute a story to this series. The passage is taken […]
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