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Week in Review: November 22-27, 2021
This past week saw lots of ECW-related news, the continuation of the “Emerging Civil War Series” Series, and the return of Sarah Kay Bierle’s annual Civil War Cooking series. Here’s what we had cooking:
Read more...My ECW Story: Sheritta Bitikofer
Throughout the year in this occasional series we’ve sat down with some of our “old head” historians to ask about their ECW stories. This month we have one of our newest members and a rising star in the field, Sheritta Bitikofer. We hope her story inspires you to consider submitting your own content to Emerging […]
Read more...Week In Review: November 7-14, 2021
Adding to the “bookshelf” with stories from the ECW Series this week, along with posts about the Trent Affair, book reviews, mountain climbing, pop culture music, and much more. Here’s your Week in Review from the Emerging Civil War blog… Sunday, November 7: Emerging Civil War Series: No Turning Back Monday, November 8: Question of […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Speakers Announced For 2022
It’s November, and the 2022 Emerging Civil War Symposium planning is well underway! Today is the announcement of the speakers, and stay tuned for the coming weeks as we share about the speakers and then start revealing their presentation topics. Tickets are on sale now with Early Bird Pricing for the ECW Symposium on August […]
Read more...Week In Review: October 25-31, 2021
Monday, October 25: Question of the Week followed the theme of “First Experience Under Fire.” Under Fire: Jon Tracey wrote about Mark Twain’s brief experience with the militia. Tuesday, October 26: Kevin Pawlak shared about the Army of the Potomac’s third campaign. Under Fire: Chris Mackowski posted about John Haley and the 17th Maine. Patrick […]
Read more...Walking in the Footsteps of The Red Badge of Courage
Earlier this month, Sarah Kay Bierle wrote a post in our “Under Fire” series about Henry Fleming from Stephen Crane’s monumental Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage. (Read Sarah’s post here.) That inspired Jon Tracey to write a follow-up piece earlier this week in which he talked about the story’s universality. (Read Jon’s […]
Read more...Week In Review: October 18-24, 2021
The series “First Experiences Under Fire” continued this week and other highlights included posts for the historic anniversaries of Cedar Creek and Ball’s Bluff. Monday, October 18: Question of the Week asked about your autumn reading list. Under Fire: Sarah Kay Bierle posted an account from A.F. Shaw’s reminiscence in the 4th Georgia Cavalry.
Read more...Week In Review: October 10-17, 2021
The “Under Fire” blog series continued, books were reviewed, Jackson and Gettysburg(?), and much more on the ECW blog this week… Sunday, October 10: In the evening, Chris Mackowski shared about Gordon Rhea’s new book Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Monday, October 11: Question of the Week highlighted […]
Read more...Week In Review: October 3-10, 2021
We’ve started a new blog series. There are links to two C-SPAN recordings from the 2021 ECW Symposium. A little Civil War humor. A Key to Richmond…and much more on the ECW blog this week! Sunday, October 3: Here’s a link from C-SPAN to Sarah Kay Bierle’s presentation about John Pelham at the 2021 ECW […]
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