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Tag Archives: Engaging the Civil War Series
Manticores, Myths, and Memory (part one)
(Part one of four) Paul Ashdown and Ed Caudill are co-authors of the latest book in the Engaging the Civil War Series, Imagining Wild Bill: James Butler Hickok in War, Media, and Memory (Southern Illinois University Press). In this series, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Engaging the Civil War Series, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Alan McGlashan, Ed Caudill, Engaging the Civil War Series, George Custer, Imaging Wild Bill, James Butler Hickok, John Mosby, Judson Kilpatrick, Lt. Col. George Ward Nichols, Manticore Quartet, manticores, manticores-myths-and-memory, mythology, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Paul Ashdown, pop culture, SIUP, Southern Illinois University Press, The Story of the Great March from the Diary of a Staff Officer, Wild Bill Hickok, William T. Sherman
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FREE ECW Podcast – Imagining Wild Bill Hickok
We know Wild Bill Hickok best as a figure from the Old West, but Paul Ashdown and Ed Caudill talk with Chris Mackowski about Wild Bill in the Civil War, popular media, myth, and memory, too. Check out the new … Continue reading
Remembering Ball’s Bluff
Today is the anniversary of the 1861 battle of Ball’s Bluff. A small affair by the standards established later in the war, the battle nonetheless had a magnified impact because it directly led to the establishment of the Joint Committee … Continue reading
2018 Year In Review: New ECW Books
Other highlights of the ECW year include the publication of new titles to add to the Emerging Civil War bookshelf. Let’s give our published authors of 2018 a round of applause and moment of recognition for their dedication research and … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: A Day in the Life of a Soldier
Here’s a phenomenal ECW Weekender opportunity from the Friends of the Wilderness Battlefield. Hear first-person portrayals of the lives of Union and Confederate soldiers and surgeons. Take a walking tour of the Wilderness Tavern and the grounds of Ellwood. Also, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Books & Authors, Civil War Events, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Engaging the Civil War Series, Material Culture, Medical, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Upcoming Events
Tagged ECW Weekender, Ellwood Manor, Engaging the Civil War Series, Friends of Wilderness Battlefield, Southern Illinois University Press
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Where Valor Proudly Sleeps (part two)
(part two of two) When Don Pfanz first began researching the history of the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, he compiled it into a report from Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. That’s where I first came across Don’s work, years ago. … Continue reading
Where Valor Proudly Sleeps (part one)
(part one of two) We’ve spent a lot of time and attention on Turning Points of the Civil War lately. Our first book in the Engaging the Civil War Series, published in cooperation with Southern Illinois University Press, tied into … Continue reading
Don Pfanz Book Signing, Where Valor Proudly Sleeps, This Weekend
One of the great annual traditions at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Cemetery is the annual Memorial Day Luminaria at Fredericksburg National Cemetery. This year, there’ll be an extra light shining at the event: ECW’s Don Pfanz. Don is the author … Continue reading
Now Available: Turning Points of the American Civil War
We’ve received word from our partners at Southern Illinois University Press that “books are in the warehouse.” Turning Points of the American Civil War has arrived—the first volume in our new “Engaging the Civil War” Series with SIUP! “This collection … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: Chris Mackowski and the Fight for the “Bloody Angle”
Dr. Chris Mackowski is one of the founders of Emerging Civil War, as well as a very popular speaker on the Civil War roundtable circuit. Chris is a professor of journalism and mass communications at St. Bonaventure University. Currently he serves as … Continue reading
Posted in Speakers Bureau, Symposium, Upcoming Events
Tagged A Season of Slaughter, America's Civil War, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Blue and Gray Magazine, Chris Mackowski, Civil War Regiments, Civil War Times, Emerging Civil War Series, Engaging the Civil War Series, Hallowed Ground, Savas Beatie, Spotsylvania, symposium, Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge
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