Emerging Civil War

The acquisition of a new piece of property at the heart of the Franklin battlefield in November continues the rehabilitation of a field once given up as “lost.” Eric Jacobson, CEO of the Battle of Franklin Trust, joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast for a discussion about one of the greatest success stories of the modern battlefield preservation movement. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Pod...

Who were the Lead Mine Men? Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski talks with Thomas Mack about the men who blew the hole in 3rd Louisiana Redan at Vicksburg and then threw themselves into the breach: the "enduring 45th Illinois Infantry."  This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across...

William T. Sherman has been reviled and beloved over the past 160 years as one of the most polarizing and magnetic figures of the American Civil War. Join Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski, Cecily Nelson Zander, Derek Maxfield, and Dave Powell as they ponder the question, "Is William T. Sherman overrated?"  This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, th...

ECW Contributing Editor Zack Fry joins Chris Mackowski for a discussion about the Election of 1864. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠ civilwartrails.org⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Darin Weeks and Mare Fincher--the Civil War Breakfast Club--chat with Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski about their "barstool" approach to Civil War history and their goal of getting people pumped up to learn more. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by  Civil War Trails , the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request...

Michael Gorra, author of The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War , talks about the impact of the conflict on one of America's greatest writers—and how Faulkner, in turn, helps us better understand the conflict. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request...

Join Emerging Civil War for a discussion about the role of podcasters in the Civil War community, moderated by ECW Editor-in-Chief Chris Mackowski. On the panel: • Jim Hessler of The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast . Jim is a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg. • Kevin Levin of Civil War Memory . • Darren Rawlings of The American Civil War and U.K. History Podcast . Darren is ECW’s Social Media...

Set sail with Neil Chatelain and Dwight Hughes as they discuss one of the Civil War's most successful—and controversial—naval figures, Admiral David Dixon Porter. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠ civilwartrails.org ⁠ to start planning y...

Hop across "the Pond" for a look at how folks in the U.K. view the American Civil War. Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski chats with Mike Somerville and Greg Bayne of the American Civil War Roundtable of the United Kingdom about the roundtable, its members, and the discussions they have about the American Civil War.  This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you...

Historian Jonathan White, vice president of the Lincoln Forum, joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about his two latest books, which offer two very different views of Lincoln—one for older audience and one for younger (and younger at heart).  This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500...

Guest host Darren Rawlings chats with Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski about Chris's new book, "A Tempest of Iron and Lead: Spotsylvania Court House, 1864."  This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠ civilwartrails.org ⁠ to...

For the anniversary of the September 1862 battle of Antietam, Emerging Civil War has assembled a panel of historians from the Antietam Institute to play "armchair general." Mike Froning, Jim Rosebrock, and ECW's own Kevin Pawlak join host Chris Mackowski to challenge some of the biggest questions, assumptions, and bits of conventional wisdom about the 1862 Maryland Campaign.   This e...

The 2nd South Carolina String Band might be in retirement, but they "ain't (quite) dead yet." Join Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski for an exclusive chat with members of the band in advance of a benefit concert they have coming up in November. Joe Ewers, Fred Ewers, and David Goss share war stories from the band's fabled 30-year history.   This episode of the Emerging Civ...

Timothy B. Smith chats about his fifth (and final) volume in his sweeping operational history of the Vicksburg Campaign: Grant's inland campaign from Port Gibson to Raymond to Jackson to Champion Hill to the Big Black River. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states...

As the Civil War raged, a Civil War erupted within the Abolitionist movement, as well. What were their ultimate aims and how should the movement achieve them? Historian Frank J. Cirillo joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast for a conversation about his book, "The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union."   This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast...

Dr. Gordon Jones of the Atlanta History Center is the 2024 recipient of the Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. We spend some time chatting with him about his long career, including his work with the Atlanta Cyclorama. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sit...

Ed Lowe discusses James Longstreet's ill-starred time at command in east Tennessee in the winter of 1863–64. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start planning your trip today.

Scott Hartwig's "I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign" is the recipient of the 2024 Emerging Civil War Book Award. Join us for a wide-ranging conversation about the book, the battle, and the leaders who brought the armies to the banks of Antietam Creek. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil W...

Terry Johnston, editor of The Civil War Monitor , joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast for a conversation about magazine publishing and being a voice for Civil War public history. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at civilwartrails.org to sta...

Explore the Civil War in deeply divided Missouri through a new collection of family letters published by Emerging Civil War's Tonya McQuade.   This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start planning your trip today.

Disinformation is not just a pressing concern for us today, but it impacts our ability to understand history clearly. Join Dr. Pauline Hoffmann, author of "Fake News, Witch Hunts, and Conspiracy Theories: An Infodemiologist's Guide to the Truth," and ECW Chief Historian Dr. Cecily Nelson Zander for a discussion about disinformation and history.   This episode of the Emerging Civil Wa...

Following Jubal Early's run at Washington, D.C., in July 1864, he fell back into the Shenandoah Valley. The Federal pursuit resulted in the Battle of Cool Spring. Jonathan Noyalas of the McCormick Civil War Institute at Shenandoah University talks about his new Emerging Civil War Series book about the battle, "The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah."   This episode of the Emerging...

Brad Gottfried talks about his Emerging Civil War Series book "Race to the Potomac: Lee and Meade After Gettysburg." This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start planning your trip today.

Historians Mike Gorman from Richmond National Battlefield and JoAnna McDonald from Emerging Civil War join the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about the leadership lessons Robert E. Lee learns (and doesn't) from the hot mess of the Seven Days Battles in June–July 1862. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum,...

The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion might be the single most important source historians use for understanding the Civil War. But as historian Yael Sternhell explains in her new book, War on Record , the O.R. has a life and a story of its own--and might not always be the objective history people assume. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trai...