The Civil War's worst civilian disaster in the north took place just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when the Allegheny Arsenal exploded. Historian Rich Condon of Civil War Pittsburgh joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to share the details.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.

To escape from slavery in Charleston, South Carolina, all Robert Smalls had to do was smuggle his family onto a boat, steal it from Confederate officers, sneak past the harbor defenses, slip beneath the guns of Fort Sumter, and aim for the safety of the Federal blockade. Historian Walt Young joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to share the story.

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The 54th Massachusetts Infantry--mustered in Boston but recruited from across the North--has become one of the most famous units of the Civil War. It's commander, Col. Robert Shaw, had roots in both Boston and New York City. Historian and Shaw biographer Kevin Levin shares the origin story of the unit and its leader--part of our look at "The Cities of War" in advance of our 11th Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge.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.

As we prepare for the upcoming 11th Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, focusing this year on "The Cities of War," Emerging Civil War's Ryan Quint shares a pair of stories from wartime Portland, Maine: the battle of Portland Harbor and the Great Portland Fire.

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While Confederate Lt. Gen. John Pemberton was certainly not one of the Civil War's "great" commanders, he's often misunderstood. Morgan Gates, licensed battlefield guide at Vicksburg National Military Park, joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast with a closer look at a man who's too often too quickly dismissed.

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Dr. Christian Keller, author of "The Great Partnership," joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about the relationship between Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson and how that reverberated through the Army of Northern Virginia's high command before, during, and after the Gettysburg Campaign.

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The poet and the president—two of the most famous men of their age. Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Historian Richard Smith joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast from Concord, Massachusetts, to talk about the meeting of the two orator/writers. Plus, we'll learn about the many other Civil War connections to one of America's most literary communities.

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Sean Michael Chick, author of "A Grand Opening Squandered," talks about the battle of Petersburg. The battle, one of the bloodiest of the war, often gets lumped in with the nine-month siege, but Sean argues that it deserves closer attention than it has traditionally received.

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What did the Royal Army and Navy look like at the time of the American Civil War? If they had joined the war, what kind of impact would they have been able to make? Mike Somerville and Dr. Christopher Brice discuss the context surrounding one of the most-asked "What if" questions of the Civil War.

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Sarah Kay Bierle returns to the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about her new biography, "Glorious Courage: John Pelham 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.