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ECW Announces Our Full Symposium Line-Up
In September, we shared the news that Scott Hartwig, former supervisory historian at Gettysburg National Military Park, will be the keynote speaker for the Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, Aug. 3-5, 2018. In October, we shared details about his talk, “If We Fail Now the North Has No Hope:” The Antietam Campaign […]
Read more...ECW5: “Not too bad for three idiots sitting on a porch.”
The following article originally appeared in the July 2016 issue of Civil War News and appears with the kind permission of editor Jack Melton. The caretaker’s cottage at the Stonewall Jackson Shrine sits behind a tall row of boxwood that obscures it from view. Visitors who come up the paved driveway circle past the hidden cottage […]
Read more...Written Words: “The General Died”
The casket was closed. Upstairs, Dr. McGuire and some of the other officers slept – or pretended to slumber. The candle flickered. He paced across the room and back, his boots echoing hollowly. General Lee knew. The Virginian governor knew. He had told them. The heart-stopping news would be sweeping through the army by now – […]
Read more...Rebels Down Under: Part Two
We are pleased to welcome back guest author, Dwight Hughes. Part two in a series. Despite pro-Yankee sentiments in Melbourne, the preponderance of sympathy was for the South, echoing the feelings of many in Great Britain. Conspicuous in gray uniforms, Shenandoah officers were approached on the streets, showered with social invitations, presented free open tickets […]
Read more...The Story of Stephwall
As Emerging Civil War continues its coverage of the 150th anniversary of Chancellorsville and the death of Stonewall Jackson, we’re pleased to bring you a guest post from Stonewall devotee Steph Mackowski. As a four year old who had just spent a week in Washington, D.C., you would think a Civil War battlefield wouldn’t be […]
Read more...Scenes from Guinea Station
I know we may sometimes seem a little fixated on the death of Stonewall Jackson around here. Part of that stems from the fact that so many of us work or have worked for the Park Service at the Jackson Shrine. Part of it stems from the fact that Kris and I have written a […]
Read more...Week 1 in Review
We have had a fantastic first week here at the blog. On behalf of all of the authors, thank you so much for the support. We hope to keep producing high quality work on the topic. Personally I wanted to say thank you to Eric Wittenberg and John Cummings.
Read more...The Never-Asked Question About John Sedgwick
It’s a pleasant late-morning in Spotsylvania. Three guys my age or a little older cluster around a large map of the battlefield painted long ago by Sidney King. A fourth man reads panels in the exhibit shelter. There aren’t any park rangers on duty, and aside from the visitors, the place feels a little […]
Read more...Book Review: Thunder in the Harbor: Fort Sumter and the Civil War
Thunder in the Harbor: Fort Sumter and the Civil War. By Richard W. Hatcher III. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2024. Hardcover, 239 pp. $32.95. Reviewed by Neil P. Chatelain There is no scarcity of writing regarding Fort Sumter, with entire manuscripts about the bastion’s role in April 1861 and many more analyzing the […]
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