Tag Archives: Timothy B. Smith

Thinking Big on a Battlefield

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Kevin Pawlak

After the bloody fighting ended around Pittsburg Landing on April 6, 1862, Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, recently appointed commander of the Army of the Mississippi following Albert Sidney Johnston’s death earlier that day, took stock of his army’s hard … Continue reading →

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What If?—Coming Soon!

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

Who among us has not, in the course of his or her Civil War adventures, wondered, “What if…?” It’s a favorite angle of conversation among armchair generals: grab a beer, light up a cigar, and refight the war! I’ve spent … Continue reading →

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BookChat with Timothy B. Smith, author of The Union Assaults on Vicksburg

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

I was pleased to spend some time recently with the most recent book by historian Timothy B. Smith, The Union Assaults on Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17-22, 1863, published by the University Press of Kansas (find out more about … Continue reading →

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Rock Star Egos and the Army of Tennessee’s Most Important Inferiority Complex

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

I’ve been listening this week to the audiobook version of Greg Mertz’s Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh (one of my jobs, as series editor, is to listen to and approve all the books before they’re … Continue reading →

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Albert Sidney Johnston Stumped at Shiloh

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Imagine your job is to go around an unmarked battlefield and mark the places where significant events happened. Yes, you were there at the time of the fight, but of course, things were a bit confusing at the time and … Continue reading →

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Facebook LIVE from Vicksburg, Today through Thursday!

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

We’re hitting Facebook LIVE again this week, this time from the banks of the Father of All Rivers. Yep—ECW is heading to Vicksburg, Mississippi, to broadcast live! Emerging Civil War is pleased to once again partner with the American Battlefield … Continue reading →

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Grant Invades Tennessee Receives Inaugural Emerging Civil War Book Award

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

Emerging Civil War has announced the recipient of its inaugural book award: Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson by Timothy B. Smith, Ph.D., published by the University Press of Kansas. “Tim Smith continues to do … Continue reading →

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