Tag Archives: Antietam

ECW Weekender: Wisconsin Veterans Museum

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Paige Gibbons Backus

While home for the holidays in Wisconsin, I always try to do something historic like visit a museum, explore a city, or go to a brewery. This year, with the World War I centennial and the newly released documentary, They … Continue reading →

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2018 Year in Review: #5

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

We’re counting down ECW’s ten most-read posts from 2018. Coming in at number five, Kevin Pawlak offers us a battlefield mystery involving an officer once lauded by D. H. Hill as “one of the most finished scholars on the continent, … Continue reading →

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McClellan’s Brother

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Edward S. Alexander

The official reports from the Sixth Corps are woefully incomplete for the 1864 Overland Campaign. Many officers waited until the fall to write and by then the entire organization had seen significant change, eliminating any chance for full reports. After … Continue reading →

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Commemorating the Anniversary of Antietam

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

“America will never forget what your loved ones did for all of us,” President Trump told audience members attending a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at Flight 93 National Memorial last week. The official White House video of the event ended with … Continue reading →

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Antietam and the Emerging Civil War Series

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

While there are, of course, plenty of good books out there about Antietam, we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out that the Emerging Civil War Series added two great Antietam books to the line-up this year, including one that’s … Continue reading →

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From The ECW Archives: Voices of the Maryland Campaign

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

Last year ECW author Kevin Pawlak shared an impressive series which highlighted primary sources from the Maryland Campaign of 1862. Running from September 1-20, the collections gives a “boots on the ground” perspective into the campaign and Battle of Antietam. Want … Continue reading →

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Review: Texans at Antietam

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

Fewer stories of the Civil War are more renowned than that of the fight for Miller’s cornfield at Antietam. It’s one of those locations that has been forever endowed with capital letters because of the intensity of combat there: The … Continue reading →

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“Six Days in September”: Author Alexander Rossino Adds His Voice

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Meg Groeling

I interviewed Ted Savas, publisher of Alexander Rossino’s fiction work Six Days in September. At that time Alex Rossino graciously offered the opportunity for an interview. Time is a slippery fish, and sometimes it gets away from me, but finally, I … Continue reading →

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That Field of Blood Now Available

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

It’s been a quiet spring for ECW on the publishing front, but we’re delighted to finally have another book to share from our Emerging Civil War Series: the highly anticipated volume on Antietam! That Field of Blood: The Battle of … Continue reading →

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Was Lee’s “Lost Order” a Turning Point? (part three)

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Kevin Pawlak

(part three of three) What exactly the Lost Order told McClellan has been the subject of much heated debate and controversy almost from the moment he glanced its contents. From an intelligence standpoint, the Lost Order was important to McClellan, … Continue reading →

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