Emerging Civil War

Award-winning historian Steve Davis talks about the early phases of the 1864 Atlanta Campaign. His years of research on the campaign have resulted in seven books, including A Long and Bloody Task: The Atlanta Campaign from Dalton through Kennesaw to the Chattahoochee, May 5-July 18, 1864 in the Emerging Civil War Series.

Chris Mackowski and Nathan Provost have a wide-ranging conversation about the Overland Campaign, which was in full swing 157 years ago this month.

Historian Diana Dretske discusses the esprit de corps between men from the same Illinois hometown with similar but dissimilar backgrounds--the subject of her new book, The Bonds of War: A Story of Immigrants and Esprit de Corps in Company C, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry .

Dwight Hughes shares about the Battle of Hampton Roads, the development and technology of the ironclads, and his new book in the Emerging Civil War Series, Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862 .

Historian Greg Mertz talks Shiloh, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania and more as he looks back, on the eve of his retirement, on more than three and a half decades with the National Park Service. Greg is the author of Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 in the Emerging Civil War Series.

Brian Matthew Jordan looks a regiment--the 107th Ohio Infantry--both typical and unique to explore life, death, and survival in the Union Army in his new book, A Thousand May Fall .

Cartographer Steve Stanley and historian Kris White discuss mapping the battlefields of the Civil War's western theater for the American Battlefield Trust. Their book, Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater , is now available.

Visit the Confederacy's "Embattled Capital" with authors Bert Dunkerly and Doug Crenshaw as they talk about their new book, Embattled Capital: A Guide to Richmond During the Civil War .

Albert Sidney Johnston and Joseph E. Johnston were both sent to command the Confederacy's western theater. Emerging Civil War historians Greg Mertz, Angela Riotto, and Kris White join host Chris Mackowski to talk about the very different circumstances the Johnstons faced.

In a chat recorded in December 2020, Chris Mackowski, Cecily Nelson Zander, Kevin Pawlak and Sarah Kay Bierle discussed reflections on the last ten years in personal exploration of history and changes in the history field--from the beginning of the war to the ending dates to publishing trends and newly added focuses in public history interpretation.

A major preservation acquisition at Stones River has filled in a huge chunk of the battlefield. With the anniversary of the battle coming up, Chris Mackowski talks with Emerging Civil War historians Chris Kolakowski, Bert Dunkerly, and Caroline Davis about Stones River.

One of the most crucial pieces of unpreserved battlefield property is about to be saved. Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski talks with Garry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust and ECW historians Bert Dunkerly and Doug Crenshaw about the intersection of Gaines's Mill and Cold Harbor.

The Adams County Historical Society in Gettysburg is preparing to build a new Exhibit, Research, and Education Center. Executive Director Andrew Dalton joins Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski to talk about the project.

In this special edition of the Emerging Civil War podcast, we get Civil War history from the Gettysburg Campaign and Civil War holiday gift ideas--from the Civil War & More bookshop.

Dave Powell talks about Ulysses S. Grant's "impulse of victory" at Chattanooga. Dave's newest book, The Impulse of Victory: Ulysses S. Grant at Chattanooga , is now available from Southern Illinois University Press.

We know Wild Bill Hickok best as a figure from the Old West, but Paul Ashdown and Ed Caudill talk with Chris Mackowski about Wild Bill in the Civil War, popular media, myth, and memory too. You can find information about the newest book in the Engaging the Civil War Series, Imagining Wild Bill: James Butler Hickok in War, Media, and Memory , which delves deeper into the life and memory of this his...

How did northern Civil War veterans impact the Shenandoah Valley after the war? Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski talks with Jonathan Noyalas, Jay Richardson, and Nikki Roland of Shenandoah University about their surprising research. Learn more with Jonathan Noyalas's Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah: Reunion & Reconciliation .

Emerging Civil War's David Dixon talks about his new biography, Radical Warrior: August Willich's Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General .

Harold Holzer discusses his new book, The Presidents Vs. The Press: The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media--From the Founding Fathers to Fake News , with Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski.

Join Phill Greenwalt as he recounts a recent trip through the battlefields of the Western Theater.

Just in time to get ready for the battle's 185th anniversary... Emerging Civil War gets into the weeds--and the cornstalks--talking about the battle of Antietam with Kevin Pawlak, Dan Vermilya, and Chris Mackowski. Learn more about the battle with Dan's book in the Emerging Civil War Series, That Field of Blood: The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862 .

Civil War Times and America's Civil War magazines both temporarily suspended operations at the start of the pandemic. Now they're on their way back. Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski talks with editors Dana Shoaf and Chris Howland about their return.

The Union prison camp in Elmira, New York was called "Andersonville of the North." Derek Maxfield, author of a new Emerging Civil War Series book on the prison, Hellmira: The Union's Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp--Elmira, NY , talks about the camp with Chris Mackowski.

As a living historian Curt Fields portrays Ulysses S. Grant. Get inside Grant's mind, and learn some surprising insights.

For Civil War veterans, the war didn't end just because everyone went home. Chris Mackowski talks with historians Brian Matthew Jordan and Evan Rothera about their new book, The War Went On: Reconsidering the Lives of Civil War Veterans .