Tag Archives: Scott Hartwig

Book Review: Decisions at Antietam: The Fourteen Critical Decisions that Defined the Battle

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Emerging Civil War

Decisions at Antietam: The Fourteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle By Michael S. Lang The University of Tennessee Press, 2021, $29.95 softcover Reviewed by Zachery A. Fry Counterfactual studies are usually a pariah in the historical community. Poorly-executed “what-if” … Continue reading →

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Playing the numbers: Robert E. Lee, the Army of Northern Virginia, and Maryland in 1862

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Dave Powell

The Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River into Maryland on September 4, 1862, embarking on what history has come to call The Antietam (or Sharpsburg) Campaign. In three months, since Lee took command outside Richmond, he had won … Continue reading →

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ECW on C-SPAN: Scott Hartwig

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

The Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge is back on C-SPAN this weekend. Scott Hartwig’s keynote address debuts at 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday on C-SPAN 3. It will then re-air Sunday morning at 4 a.m. Hartwig’s … Continue reading →

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“If We Fail Now the North Has No Hope:” The Antietam Campaign of 1862

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

The Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium, August 3-5, 2018, will focus on Turning Points of the American Civil War. We were excited to announce that our Keynote Speaker will be retired Gettysburg National Military Park Supervisory Historian Scott Hartwig. … Continue reading →

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ECW Announces Keynote Speaker for the 2018 ECW Symposium at Stevenson Ridge!

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

Emerging Civil War is delighted to announce the keynote speaker for our Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, to be held Aug. 3-5, 2018: former Gettysburg National Battlefield Supervisory Historian Scott Hartwig. The theme of the symposium … Continue reading →

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Telling History vs. Making Art: Killer Angels, real and fictional

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

Part five in a series. In my last post, I began to discuss Michael Shaara’s aesthetic choices for constructing The Killer Angels as he did, and how he adopted a Lost Cause-interpretation of Robert E. Lee as a central choice … Continue reading →

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Telling History vs. Making Art: Gods & Jacksons

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

Part four in a series. One of my favorite places to work at FSNMP is the Stonewall Jackson Shrine, the small plantation office building where the Confederate general died. It’s a story I love so much that I wrote a … Continue reading →

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Telling History vs. Making Art: “a tension between Art and Science”

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

Part one in a series As a battlefield guide at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park (FSNMP), I frequently speak with folks who’ve come to the battlefields because they’ve read The Killer Angels, which in turn inspired them to come … Continue reading →

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