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The Bullard Boys – Tragedy For A Mississippi Family
A closer examination of a single family during the war can sometimes reveal much about the universal struggles and hardships of the average soldier and civilian. One family was the recipient of a...
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Book Review: Unceasing Fury: Texans at the Battle of Chickamauga
The experience of the Civil War soldier was never far off from how people understood the war. Much of it was because of the voluminous letters written home. Even more importantly many veterans left...
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Saving History Saturday: American Battlefield Trust Preservation Updates
This month we are going to look at several preservation projects that the American Battlefield Trust is currently fundraising for. The American Battlefield Trust (ABT) has current preservation...
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Henry Boynton, Battlefield Preservation, and Civil War Memory
Emerging Civil War welcome back guest author Colonel (ret) Ed Lowe… Civil War battlefields evoke a range of emotions in visitors. One may imagine the Confederate attacks against Major General George...
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Fantasy & Reality: A South Carolinian Marches North, Part 3
Part of a Series Read Part 1 and Part 2 The Pennsylvania Campaign took Taliaferro Simpson (Tally) away from camp life, and he had less time to write letters. However, from the late July and early...
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Book Review: John T. Wilder: Union General, Southern Industrialist
John T. Wilder: Union General, Southern Industrialist. By Steven Cox. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 203 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Sean Michael Chick John T. Wilder is on the short...
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Question of the Week: 9/18-9/25/23
In your opinion, who was the best commander at the battle of Chickamauga? Why? The post Question of the Week: 9/18-9/25/23 appeared first on Emerging Civil War.
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Chickamauga: 160th Anniversary
It’s the 160th anniversary of the battle of Chickamauga: September 18-20, 1863. One the long-time favorites and classic battle series about this important fight is Dave Powell’s collection “Longstreet...
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Book Review: Forging a New South: The Life of General John T. Wilder
Forging a New South: The Life of General John T. Wilder. By Maury Nicely. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2023. Hardcover, 520pp. $55.00. Reviewed by Brian Steel Wills During the American...
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ECW Podcast: Discussing the Atlanta Campaign (with Dave Powell)
160 years ago, William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston were squaring off in northeast Georgia as Sherman’s armies drove into the heart of the Deep South. The Atlanta Campaign would prove decisive to...
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