Tag Archives: Franklin Pierce

The Confederate Flag and the Assault on the Capitol

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

How does one process the image of a Confederate battle flag in the United States Capitol? “Trump did what Lee, Jackson, and Davis couldn’t in four years,” a colleague texted me as the first images of insurrectionists started appearing on … Continue reading →

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Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Contreras (Padierna)

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Ryan Quint

Thousands of years ago, the Xitle volcano exploded, spraying lava across the valley floor. That lava cooled to hard rocks with jagged edges in what came to be known as the Pedregal—translated to English as the Rocky Gardens. The Pedregal … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Historical Person: General Philip Kearny

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Frank Jastrzembski

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Frank Jastrzembski My first knowledge of General Kearny came about ten years ago, around the age of nineteen. My grandmother purchased for me a reissued copy of Ezra J. Warner’s excellent Generals in … Continue reading →

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The Presidents’ War

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

I’ve been spending time with an interesting and highly readable book by Chris DeRose called The Presidents’ War: Six American Presidents and the Civil War that Divided Them. These days, former presidents tend to keep their noses out of the … Continue reading →

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