Tag Archives: Braxton Bragg

Symposium Spotlight: Leonidas Polk

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

Welcome back to another installment of our 2020 Emerging Civil War Spotlight series. Each week we have introduced you to another preview of our outstanding presentations that will be shared at the Seventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium August 7-9, … Continue reading →

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Podcast Additional Resources: “Rock Star Egos”

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

April 1862. Confederate leadership. Braxton Bragg – the odd man out. Today, we’ve collected some blog posts from our archives to pair with the new podcast from last week. Did you have a chance to hear Chris M. and Chris … Continue reading →

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ECW Podcast “Rock Star Egos” Is Now Available

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

In April 1862, Confederate command in Tennessee consisted of a constellation of stars—and Braxton Bragg. Chris Mackowski and Chris Kolakowski discuss the rock stars and the odd man out in our newest podcast!

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The Fall of Fort Henry and the Changing of Confederate Strategy

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Kevin Pawlak

Fort Donelson has “Unconditional Surrender” Grant. It has an early morning Confederate attack, a breakout by Nathan Bedford Forrest and, in short, the stuff that makes good history. But from this outsider’s perspective looking in on the Western Theater, I … Continue reading →

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Rock Star Egos and the Army of Tennessee’s Most Important Inferiority Complex

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

I’ve been listening this week to the audiobook version of Greg Mertz’s Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh (one of my jobs, as series editor, is to listen to and approve all the books before they’re … Continue reading →

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(Obscure) Civil War Weekend Exploring

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Dave Powell

How far out of your way would you go to see something related to your favorite battlefield Park? I confess that I visit plenty of obscure historical sites. Goes with the territory, I guess. I visit artifacts, too. When the … Continue reading →

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Not Just Antietam – September 17, 1862 In Perspective

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Chris Kolakowski

Wednesday, September 17, 1862. is rightly classed as the bloodiest day in American history. In that 24-hour period, more Americans fell killed, wounded, captured, or missing, than in any like 24-hour period before or since. This contention rests almost totally … Continue reading →

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Chattanooga: More Than Just Another Victory for Grant

Posted on December 10, 2017 by lwhite1864

In the late summer and early days of fall of 1863, it seemed that all eyes were on the small railroad town of Chattanooga, TN. The disastrous defeat at Chickamauga and the huge casualties it reaped turned what had nearly … Continue reading →

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Grant Ascending . . .

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Dave Powell

The events of July 4, 1863, cemented Ulysses S. Grant’s position as a household name firmly into the public mind. The capitulation of the Confederate bastion of Vicksburg to “Unconditional Surrender” Grant of Donelson fame – on Independence Day no … Continue reading →

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Battle of Santa Rosa

Posted on October 12, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Caleb Pascoe In the predawn hours of October 9th, 1861, just over 1,000 Confederates on steamers and barges crossed Pensacola Bay, hoping to catch the Union troops stationed on Santa Rosa Island by surprise. … Continue reading →

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