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Small Business Saturday
If you are looking for a great holiday gift, and to support a small business, think of Emerging Civil War this Small Business Saturday. Our early-bird pricing of just $110.00 is still available for tickets for the Fourth Annual Emerging … Continue reading
Posted in Speakers Bureau, Symposium, Upcoming Events
Tagged Antietam, Brandy Station, Brian Matthew Jordan, Chris Mackowski, Daniel Davis, Eric Wittenberg, Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, Gettysburg, John Buford, Kelly Mezurek, Kennesaw Mountain, Kevin Pawlak, Lee White, Second Bull Run, Small Business Saturday, Stevenson Ridge, USCT, Vicksburg
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Symposium Roundtable Panel
Our Friday evening tradition at the Emerging Civil War Symposium is to have our roundtable discussion panel. This years panel discussion will revolve around “Great Attacks of the Civil War,” the legacy of these attacks, Lee, Grant, Jackson other personalities, … Continue reading
Thoughts on Ken Burns: Chris Kolakowski
This series really brought the war to life in a human way for me. It still holds up all these years later, and will do so for a long time to come. In that sense it belongs in the category … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture
Tagged Bruce Catton, Daniel Davis, Ken Burns, Ken Burns' The Civil War
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ECW panel at St. Bonaventure University looks back at the 150th and the war
Some of ECW’s historians traveled to western New York last weekend for a Civil War event at St. Bonaventure University. Descendants of the 154th New York Infantry gathered on campus for their 30th annual reunion. The day also marked the official … Continue reading
Symposium Lodging Information
Time is running out! Please be sure to book your room for the Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. There are a few hotel rooms left at the special $92.00 per night rate at the Hampton Inn … Continue reading
Day One: Kennesaw Mountain
Part one in a series The first thing we notice at the base of Kennesaw Mountain is a restaurant offering “Ice cold margaritas” in big white letters across its bright red roof. In the background, Kennesaw peeks out from behind … Continue reading
Symposium Preview: Dan Davis and the Legacy of Sherman
Daniel T. Davis, author of Calamity in Carolina, is ready to bring a fresh perspective to a controversial commander for the 2015 Emerging Civil War symposium. Davis, the chief historian for Emerging Civil War, has co-authored four books in the … Continue reading
Posted in Symposium
Tagged Calamity in Carolina, Daniel Davis, Sherman, symposium 2015, William T. Sherman
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Sherman’s Memoirs Inspire Davis’ “Calamity”
By ECW Correspondent Pat Tintle After sitting down to read the memoirs of Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman one year ago, Daniel T. Davis was sparked by the idea to write about the battles of Averasboro and Bentonville—two battles in … Continue reading
“Telling History” vs “Making Art”: Richard Ewell on July 1
My favorite scene in the movie Gettysburg comes when a fiery Isaac Trimble, taught as an over-coiled spring, appears before Robert E. Lee to recount the events of July 1. Frustrated by Richard Ewell’s inaction in front of Cemetery Hill … Continue reading
Emory Upton in Upstate New York
Batavia, New York, sits midway between Buffalo and Rochester along the busy New York State Thruway. Western New Yorkers know it best for its racetrack, Batavia Downs, a half-mile track that features live harness racing July through December. But I … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged Batavia, Daniel Davis, Emory Upton, Kristopher White
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