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Tag Archives: Chris Kolakowski
Rock Star Egos and the Army of Tennessee’s Most Important Inferiority Complex
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
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of Tennessee, Attack at Daylight and Whip Them, Braxton Bragg, Chris Kolakowski, Earl Hess, Greg Mertz, John C. Brekenridge, Leonidas Polk, P.G.T. Beauregard, Timothy B. Smith, William Hardee
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ECW Podcast “Forgotten? The Tullahoma Campaign” Is Now Available
It’s the last ECW Podcast of 2018 and a conversation you won’t want to miss! (Don’t worry we’ve got more episodes in the works for 2019!) While everyone remembers Gettysburg and Vicksburg, a lot of people forget Tullahoma, which took … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Kolakowski, ECW Podcast, emerging civil war podcast, podcast, Tullahoma, Tullahoma Campaign
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ECW on C-SPAN: Chris Kolakowski
Look for more great coverage on C-SPAN 3 this weekend from last August’s Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. This Saturday, at 6:00 p.m., EDT, you can see the debut of Chris Kolakowski’s talk, “Grant Takes Command.” … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Reconstruction, Symposium
Tagged C-SPAN, Chris Kolakowski, Symposium 2018
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ECW Honors D.P. Newton with Public History Service Award
Emerging Civil War has chosen D.P. Newton of the White Oak Civil War Museum in Stafford County, Virginia, as the recipient of its 2018 Award for Service in Civil War Public History. Emerging Civil War’s Award for Service in Civil … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: Grant Takes Command
by ECW Correspondent Sean Lynch While there are various moments that serve as turning points for both the Union and Confederate Armies, no moment had as much magnitude on President Abraham Lincoln’s future in office as Ulysses S. Grant taking … Continue reading
Symposium Preview: Grant Takes Command
by ECW Correspondent Sean Lynch While there are various moments that serve as turning points for both the Union and Confederate Armies, no moment had as much magnitude on President Abraham Lincoln’s future in office as Ulysses S. Grant taking … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Kolakowski, Grant Takes Command, Sean Lynch, Symposium 2018, Symposium Spotlight 2018
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Symposium Spotlight: Christopher Kolakowski
Welcome back to another installment of our 2018 Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight. Our final speaker on Saturday, August 4, will be Christopher Kolakowski. He will bridge the divide between battlefield and political turning points of the war as he … Continue reading
The Union’s Great Crisis: The Fall of ’62
Most of our “turning points” have focused on a single event, but if we widen the lens and look at the broader pendulum swings of the Civil War, certainly fewer periods of the conflict had more at stake than the … Continue reading
ECW Names Kolakowski as New Chief Historian
Emerging Civil War (ECW) has chosen historian Christopher Kolakowski to serve as the organization’s next chief historian. Kolakowski, who has been with ECW since May 2013, is the author of several books and, on the ECW blog, of a popular … Continue reading
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Tagged Chief historian, Chris Kolakowski, Emerging Civil War
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Just 11 Symposium Tickets Left!
If you are planning on purchasing a ticket to the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, time is running out! We have just 11 tickets left for this exciting event. This year’s theme is “Great Defenses of … Continue reading
