Emerging Civil War

Explore the 22 critical decisions of the Shiloh Campaign with Dave Powell as he talks about his new book, Decisions at Shiloh .

Hit the Civil War Trails on the road to Richmond with Drew Gruber, who joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about a new trail brochure, The Civil War in Coastal Virginia. Drew Gruber, the executive director for Civil War Trails , recently co-authored To Hell or Richmond: The 1862 Peninsula Campaign with Doug Crenshaw for the Emerging Civil War Series.

The Adams County Historical Society is getting ready to open its new museum in Gettysburg. Executive Director Andrew Dalton joins Emerging Civil War to offer an update--including a bit of a sneak peek!

Camp Nelson National Monument , one of the newest sites in the National Park Service system, has a vibrant and complex Civil War and Emancipation history. Chief Interpreter Steve Phan joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to share some of the stories.

It's Black History Month, but Black history has found itself in the political crosshairs. Kevin Levin of Civil War Memory joins Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski to discuss.

They are some of the best-known and best-loved Civil War musicians: the 2nd South Carolina String Band! ECW's Chris Mackowski catches up with banjo player Joe Ewers for a conversation about music, reenacting, retirement, and more!

What was U.S. Grant's relationship to slavery, and how did that tie into the larger context of slavery around Grant's home in St. Louis? Historian Nick Sacco has just completed a new exhibit for the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site that explores the fascinating connection and context.

Explore the Civil War history around Mobile, Alabama—from the  historic forts protecting the city to Battle of Mobile Bay to the battle of Fort Blakeley—with ECW's Chris Mackowski and Kris White.

The Mud March was one of Ambrose Burnside's low points of the war. But as ECW historian Kris White discusses, there's more to the story than "Burnside stuck in the mud."

Emerging Civil War made a little history of its own recently by selecting its first female chief historian, Cecily Nelson Zander . We talk with her about her new role and the future of ECW.

As Emerging Civil War's Christmas treat to you, we offer a special across-the-Pond catch-up between Darren "Daz" Rawlings of the U.S. Civil War &. U.K. History site and ECW's Chris Mackowski.

It's a bleak-sounding description for an especially bleak battle. Author Sean Michael Chick discusses the December 1864 battle outside Tennessee's capital city and his upcoming book in the Emerging Civil War Series.

Historian Jill Ogline Titus gives us a chance to see the most famous small town in America, Gettysburg, in a new way: at the crossroads of Centennial planning, the Civil Rights Movement, and Cold War patriotism. The author's book on the subject is now available through UNC Press.

Greg Wade of the Franklin Civil War Roundtable talks about the final fateful campaign of John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee.

Historian Joe Ricci explores one of the most tantalizing "lost opportunities" of the Civil War: the Federal escape from Spring Hill, Tennessee, which set up the battle of Franklin.

What do Mexico and Argentina have to do with the American Civil War? Historian Evan Rothera joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about "Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas," offering a new take on international relations during the war and after.

Gary Gallagher talks about his latest edited collection, a new Library of America edition of Bruce Catton's Army of the Potomac trilogy.

Dan Welch steps in as guest host to talk with Chris Mackowski about Chris's new book, "The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi," which covers one of the most overlooked phases of Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.

Wreaths Across America is one of America's most poignant holiday events. This year, Emerging Civil War is helping support efforts at Winchester National Cemetery. Sarah Kay Bierle and her mom, Susan Bierle, talk about the project and a special event sponsored by ECW to support it. Donate:  https://bit.ly/ECW2022Wreaths Press Release:  https://emergingcivilwar.com/2022/08/31/emerging-civi...

Historians Kevin Pawlak, Dan Welch, and Chris Mackowski talk about the period between the battles of Second Manassas and Antietam: John Pope, Fitz John Porter, and Politics A-Plenty!

Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command is the recipient of this year's ECW Book Award. We talk with the author, historian Kent Masterson Brown.

The first action of the Second Manassas Campaign OR the last action of the Peninsula Campaign? ECW author Mike Block talks about the battle of Cedar Mountain and his recent book, The Carnage was Fearful .

If anyone in the Confederacy had big dreams, it was P.G.T. Beauregard. Join Sean Chick for a discussion of his new Emerging Civil War Series biography, Dreams of Victory: P.G.T. Beauregard in the Civil War .

Gary Gallagher joins the Emerging Civil War podcast to discuss his latest edited essay collection on primary sources, "Civil War Witnesses and Their Books: New Perspectives on Iconic Works."

It was the best of Jackson; it was the worst of Jackson. The Stonewall of the Valley Campaign was not the Stonewall of the Seven Days. Sarah Kay Bierle, Doug Crenshaw, and Chris Mackowski talk about the tale of two Jacksons. Learn more about the 1862 Valley Campaign with Sarah' recent series of articles at Emerging Civil War , and explore Stonewall's involvement around Richmond--or lack thereof--w...