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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: That Field of Blood
by Dan Vermilya In taking the time to reflect on the Emerging Civil War series and all of its accomplishments over the past decade, I wanted to pen a few words about my entry, That Field of Blood: The Battle … Continue reading
Book Review: Decisions at Antietam: The Fourteen Critical Decisions that Defined the Battle
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
Playing the numbers: Robert E. Lee, the Army of Northern Virginia, and Maryland in 1862
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
ECW on C-SPAN: Scott Hartwig
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
“If We Fail Now the North Has No Hope:” The Antietam Campaign of 1862
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
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Symposium
Tagged Emancipation Proclamation, Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, keynote speaker, Maryland Campaign 1862, Scott Hartwig
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ECW Announces Keynote Speaker for the 2018 ECW Symposium at Stevenson Ridge!
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
Telling History vs. Making Art: Killer Angels, real and fictional
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
Posted in Books & Authors, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Buster Kilrain, Gettysburg, History-vs-Art, James Longstreet, Jeff Shaara, John Buford, Joshua L. Chamberlain, Ken Burns, Michael Shaara, Robert E. Lee, Scott Hartwig, Telling History vs. Making Art, The Civil War, The Killer Angels, Tom Desjardin
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Telling History vs. Making Art: Gods & Jacksons
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
Telling History vs. Making Art: “a tension between Art and Science”
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
Posted in Books & Authors, Memory, National Park Service
Tagged Bruce Catton, David Blight, David McCullough, Gary Gallagher, Gettysburg, Gods & Generals, Gone with the Wind, History-vs-Art, Jeff Shaara, Ken Burns, Michael Shaara, National Park Service, NPS, Scott Hartwig, Shelby Foote, Telling History vs. Making Art, The Civil War: A Narrative, The Killer Angels
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