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Week In Review: July 6-12, 2020

This week we had to announce the postponement of our 2020 Symposium, but then there has been lots of history to consider and remind us that the work goes on, even if it’s not in person this year. We hope you’ll enjoy this week’s review of the blog content — book reviews, battle perspectives, thoughts […]

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Week In Review: March 23-29, 2020

We’re rolling out content—same as usual here at Emerging Civil War. Hoping everyone is well and that we can be a stable source of news (even if it’s focused on happenings 155-160 years ago!) for your enjoyment.

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Week In Review: March 2-8, 2020

Who’s excited about more daylight hours? (AKA more time at the battlefields). We hope you are enjoying the weekend, and here’s the regular review of the last week’s content at ECW!

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Week In Review: February 24-March 1, 2020

Elmer Ellsworth, preservation topics, logistics, a travel book. These are just a few of the topics covered this week at Emerging Civil War. We’ve got the list and links ready for an easy review!

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Week In Review: December 30, 2019 – January 5, 2020

Happy 2020! This week’s blog features range from Year in Review to several articles on Stones River, winter camps, winter campaigning, and more. Word from the “tech side” of ECW admin says that they hope the notifications for new posts, email notifications, and comments sections will be fixed in the coming week. Thanks for bearing […]

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Week In Review: December 22-29, 2019

We hope you’ve had a nice holiday week! We’re certainly enjoying the season and all its delights. There are still some “tech issues” going on with blog post distribution to our subscribers and emailed contact forms. We are continuing to work on fixing these problems and thank you for your understanding. Thankfully, we are still […]

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Week In Review: December 9-15, 2019

This week was the anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg and you’ll find a few related pieces. There are also a couple of travel posts about finding Civil War history on vacation or on a trip back to a hometown. The holiday season is here, and shopping and history of Santa Claus provide some written […]

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Week In Review: November 25-December 1, 2019

We hope you’ve had a wonderful week of thanksgiving and hopefully a long holiday weekend! It’s been a full week on the blog with several battle anniversaries featured, biographical articles, insight for Civil War Thanksgivings, and more.

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Book Review: The Three Battles of Sand Creek

Sand Creek. I’d been reading about the Civil War for probably a full ten years before I’d ever heard about it. Granted, it’s an incident that aligns more with the Plains Wars than the Civil War, but considering the event happened in late November 1864, it is in the same time period. I’ve always been […]

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