"Horse around" with Emerging Civil War's Brian Kowell, who talks about the animals that served as the engines of the armies. From beasts of burden to beloved companions, horses and mules provided invaluable service in the Civil War. 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....
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr
Explore the Mexican War experiences of Civil War generals with Emerging Civil War's Cecily Nelson Zander, Sean Chick, Frank Jasztrembski, and Chris Mackowski. Cecily and Sean contributed essays to a new collection from LSU Press, "The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals" edited by Timothy D. Johnson. 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....
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 5 min
The Battle of Franklin remains one of the most controversial, misunderstood, and romanticized battles of the Civil War. In this episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast, host Chris Mackowski spends some time armchair-generalling the battle with Joe Ricci, historian at the Battle of Franklin Trust, and Lee White, author of the Emerging Civil War Series book Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin . This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the worl...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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 Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than ...
Nov 26, 2024•49 min
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 six states. Request a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start planning your trip today....
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 14 min
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, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochu...
Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 19 min
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.
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 2 min
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 a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start planning your trip today....
Oct 29, 2024•58 min
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 a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start planning your trip today....
Oct 22, 2024•54 min
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 Manager. • Joe Ricci of Home Brew History . Joe is historian at the Battle of Franklin Trust. • Cec...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 5 min
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 your trip today.
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 2 min
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 by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request...
Oct 08, 2024•54 min
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 sites across six states. Request a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start planning your trip tod...
Oct 01, 2024•51 min
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 start planning your trip today.
Sep 24, 2024•41 min
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 episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum,...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 10 min
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 Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites ac...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 18 min
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. Request a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start planning your trip today....
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 2 min
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 is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites acro...
Aug 27, 2024•58 min
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 sites across six states. Request a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start planning your trip today...
Aug 20, 2024•58 min
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.
Aug 13, 2024•48 min
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 War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochu...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 10 min
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 start planning your trip today....
Jul 30, 2024•40 min
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.
Jul 23, 2024•45 min
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 War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites...
Jul 16, 2024•56 min
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 Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,...
Jul 09, 2024•55 min
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.
Jul 02, 2024•51 min
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, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at civilwartrails.org to start p...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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 Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a...
Jun 18, 2024•52 min
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 the Civil War's outcome. Historian David Powell is chronicling that campaign in his latest body of work and joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to discuss. 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 ...
Jun 11, 2024•55 min
Counterfactual thinking and how it's useful in the field of history. We have two segments in today's podcast. Our guest in part one is Dr. Joel Benington , professor at St. Bonaventure University. Our guest in part two is Dr. Doug Douds of the Army War College. 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 t...
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr
