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Year in Review 2022: Symposium
At the 2022 Emerging Civil War Symposium, we took the plunge and headed into a different theme for the event “What If?” Taking the opportunity to explore known history and then consider alternate (though still realistic) possibilities helped the real history come to life in fresh perspectives. Garry Adelman gave the keynote presentation, taking a […]
Read more...Reflections: 2022 Wreaths Across America—Winchester National Cemetery
Winchester National Cemetery holds just over 5,500 interments, of which around 4,400 are United States soldiers that served during the Civil War. These include soldiers who perished in combat, died of their wounds, or passed due to disease within the Lower Shenandoah Valley, recovered postwar from a 40-mile radius, including Kernstown, Cedar Creek, Harpers Ferry, […]
Read more...The Aftermath of Fredericksburg
In the aftermath of the battle of Fredericksburg, recriminations flew and fingers pointed as people tried to assign and avoid blame for the debacle. The aftermath of fighting also saw one of the war’s most famous acts of compassion—160 years ago today. From the ECW YouTube page: For more from Fredericksburg this year, read […]
Read more...Ch-ch-changes at emergingcivilwar.com
Get ready for a snazzy new look to the Emerging Civil War website! This week, we’ll be launching a complete redesign of our site intended to make your user experience easier. We also want to make it easier for readers to tap into our eleven-plus years of fantastic archival material. This project has been a […]
Read more...Happy Holidays from 1862—Drink Up! #1
To complement Sarah Kay Bierle’s outstanding work concerning holiday food, I thought I would chime in this year with a few posts about drinking–for the holidays, of course. America was founded as a nation of drunkards–er–drinkers. After all, water wasn’t pure, science was no help (yet), and milk had to be kept cold to stay […]
Read more...Civil War Medicine: Conclusion
Thank you for reading along with our recent series about Civil War medicine. Here’s the summary of the blog series, and we’re extending a “thank you” to all the authors who wrote about the topic over the last few weeks. Civil War Medicine: Introduction Civil War Medicine: Sound Medical Advice…Or Not (Sheritta Bitikofer)
Read more...Tonight – Fundraiser for Wreaths Across America
It’s tonight! If you’ve donated, thank you! And please check your inbox for the link for tonight’s virtual program. We’ve sent the link a couple times already and will send it one more time this afternoon. (If you are not able to watch the program live… We are planning to record the presentation and will […]
Read more...“Always willing to bear his part of the danger and hardship of his fellow soldiers”: A Story from Winchester National Cemetery
This year, Emerging Civil War is helping to support Wreaths Across America at Winchester National Cemetery through a fundraiser. We are only one week away from an evening virtual program about the cemetery. To whet your appetite for history and showcase the work ECW editors have done preparing for this program, today we are sharing […]
Read more...ECW Podcast: Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is one of America’s most poignant holiday events. This year, Emerging Civil War is helping support efforts at Winchester National Cemetery. Sarah Kay Bierle and her mom, Susan Bierle, talk about the project and a special event sponsored by ECW to support it. Listen for free here on our website or by […]
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