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Week In Review: January 2-9, 2022

Happy New Year! Check out the latest on the ECW Blog…there are book deals, the return of Robert Lee Hodge’s series, a walk in the French Quarter, snow at Spotsylvania, and more. Sunday, January 2: In the evening, the #1 most read blog post of 2021 was revealed! Monday, January 3: Question of the Week […]

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Year in Review 2021: #1

We have been counting down the most-read posts at ECW written in 2021. We’ve been channeling our inner Kasey Kasem, the greatest of all countdown DJs, to finally get us here, to the number-one spot. The most-read ECW post written in 2021 comes from early January, 2021.

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Year in Review 2021: Top Ten Most-Read ECW Posts of All Time

Before we wrap up our Year in Review, let’s run down one more pair of Top-Ten lists: Top Ten Most-Read ECW Posts of 2021 Top Ten Most-Read ECW Posts of All Time Get ready for some good reading!

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December 2021 ECW newsletter now available

Did Santa bring you a December 2021 Emerging Civil War newsletter this year? He sent them out today. Our newsletter’s cover photo, courtesy of Sarah Kay Bierle, comes from Wreaths Across America at Winchester National Cemetery. Our thanks to Sarah and Jon Tracey for representing ECW at the event (read about their adventure here). In […]

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Week In Review: December 20-26, 2021

We hope you’re having a nice holiday season! This week was full of historical Christmas accounts, a few book reviews, and lots of “seasons greetings.” Here’s the Week in Review, in case you missed any of the festive fun. Monday, December 20: Question of the Week examined narrative writers of history. Neil P. Chatelain shared […]

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Week In Review: December 12-19, 2021

The blog featured several historic anniversaries this week, along with the continuation of the “Western Swing,” conclusion of the ECW Series Series, and more! Don’t miss the anticipated premiere of Steward Henderson’s filmed presentation about USCT. Sunday, December 12: Emerging Civil War Series: The Carnage Was Fearful Day 4 of the Western Swing and filming […]

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Wreaths in Winchester

This past Saturday two ECW editors volunteered at the Wreaths Across America event in Winchester National Cemetery. They both shared some thoughts and reflections on the experience…

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Week In Review: December 5-12, 2021

This might be a record-breaking week for the number of blog posts released on ECW! The “Emerging Civil War Series Series” is still featuring the books, Chris Mackowski and Kris White took a recent trip in the Western Theater to do some filming for American Battlefield Trust with other colleagues and historians, some monument and […]

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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Call Out The Cadets

Why New Market? Why another book about the battle fought on May 15, 1864, in the Shenandoah Valley as Union soldiers once more tried to secure a strategic position and a scrambled together force of Confederate troops fought to prevent them from reaching their objective? Why recount again the stories of the Virginia Military Institute […]

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