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A Sentence About the Vicksburg Campaign as Winding as the Mississippi Delta

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

I’m getting ready to head to Vicksburg, Mississippi, this week to join Kris White and the American Battlefield Trust for a series of Facebook LIVE events beginning on Tuesday. (more details to come soon!) While I’ve been studying up with … Continue reading →

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A Chat with Dave Powell about The Battle Above the Clouds

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

Emerging Civil War correspondent Elyse Kuhn took the time recently to talk with ECW’s Dave Powell about Dave’s new book, Battle Above the Clouds. ———- Dave Powell never imagined himself as a history writer. However, it seems to be what … Continue reading →

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Andersonville Offers Wonderful Writing Amidst Horrific Suffering

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

Every so often as we read, we writers run into a sentence that is so spot-on perfect that we say, “Damn, I wish I’d written that.” Such writer-envy is not uncommon, and at its heart, it springs from a deep … Continue reading →

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Hints to Correspondents

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

This comes from the “The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same” file. The following newspaper submission guidelines appeared in the Portland, Maine, Daily Eastern Argus on May 10, 1864: Hints to Correspondents: The following simple rule for … Continue reading →

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Richard Adams, Author of Traveller, dies at 96

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

While most of the pop culture world was mourning the death this week of Star Wars’ Princess Leia and 80s pop icon George Michael, I heard the quieter news of the death of one of my favorite authors, Richard Adams. … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: 2/22-2/28/16

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

What would you like to see ECW bloggers/authors tackle or research during 2016?

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Symposium Takeaway: Chris Mackowski

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Emerging Civil War

Chris Mackowski wraps up our series reflecting on the Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. Many of the talks at the symposium tied back to words. Chris Kolakowski talked about Lee’s Order No. 9, which served as the … Continue reading →

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