New Year’s Resolutions: “You may be whatever you resolve to be.”
With all the talk of resolutions at this time of year, I’m reminded of one of Stonewall Jackson’s favorite maxims: “You may be whatever you resolve to be.” I don’t know if you’re one of those folks who make New Year’s resolutions or not. Some people believe resolutions are doomed to fail, while others believe […]
Read more...Year In Review: Civil War Cookin’
It was just a 7 day, short, almost-silly blog post series, but it was sure fun to write and publish. And it was well received by readers! “Civil War Cookin’ ” guaranteed a new article every day of Thanksgiving Week (2016). Exploring different foods (beyond the standard hardtack and coffee), recipes, and culinary stories from the […]
Read more...The Year in Review 2016: #2
The Civil War Trust once called Robert E. Lee’s headquarters at Gettysburg the most important unprotected land in America. After an impressive fund-raising campaign, the Trust purchased the property, restored it to its wartime appearance and, this past fall, turned the property over to Gettysburg National Military Park. ECW’s Chris Mackowski paid a visit to […]
Read more...Year In Review: ECW5
At the 2016 Symposium, Emerging Civil War celebrated its 5th Anniversary. It was a weekend of great rejoicing and planning for future. After the members returned home, Chris Mackowski asked us to consider what made ECW special and to share our thoughts in a blog post. The results were a special “anniversary” series called “ECW […]
Read more...The Year in Review 2016: #3
Our third-most-popular post of 2016 dealt not with Civil War history but with Emerging Civil War-related business. ECW began promoting the tour guide services of several of our contributors—and, apparently, our guide services have been pretty popular! A lot of readers like to spend time on the battlefields, and they’ve been coming to ECW to check […]
Read more...The Year in Review 2016: #4
What kid can resist a good story about poop? For that matter, what Civil War buff can resist one? Not many, apparently! Although it was just posted last week, Drew Gruber’s story about poop on an interpretive marker gained a poop-load of attention, dropping into our top ten less that two weeks after Drew popped it […]
Read more...Year In Review: 1860’s Politics
To put modern electoral events in a unique perspective, Emerging Civil War hosted a special blog series “1860’s Politics” in October – November 2016. ECW authors and a couple guest writers joined the effort, and the series proved to be enjoyable, educational, and hopefully relieved some election stress. Twenty-five articles addressed political leaders, elections, propaganda, politics of war, […]
Read more...ECW’s December 2016 Newsletter Now Available
Emerging Civil War’s December newsletter went out yesterday. If you haven’t received your copy, you can view it online. In our monthly profile, we ask “10 Questions” to Steward Henderson, NPS historian and our USCT expert. Our News & Notes section features a lot of tidbits, including a lot of love this past month or […]
Read more...The Year in Review 2016: #5
Pop Culture has always served as a useful and important way for the public to engage with Civil War history. The fall 2015-16 television season saw another high-profile example when PBS broadcast the Civil War hospital drama Mercy Street. Guest author Paige Gibbons Backus, who supervises a Civil War medicine-related historical site in Prince William […]
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