Emerging Civil War

Looking for a great Civil War weekend getaway this fall? Jonathan Noyalas, author of the new guidebook "Winchester and the Civil War," talks about the one of Virginia's most storied Civil War towns. Noyalas offers some great tips on exploring the military, social, economic, and political history of a town that changed hands more than seventy times during the war.

The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode 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.

Podcast host Chris Mackowski went to "Bleeding Kansas," Wilson's Creek, and Pea Ridge over the summer. To find out more about the places he visited, he called up Dr. Zachary Fry, another "Eastern Theater" historian who's now based in Kansas, to talk about the border war and the Trans-Mississippi.

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Ambrose Burnside and Joseph Hooker operated in separate spheres early in the Civil War but, in 1862, found themselves in the Army of the Potomac on a collision course for command. Emerging Civil War’s Ryan Quint asks, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?”The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode 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.

Explore Burnside's Bridge and beyond with Emerging Civil War historian Bert Dunkerly, discussing his recent book "The Lower Battlefield of Antietam: The Forgotten Front of America's Bloodiest Day."

The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode 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.

Jim Schmick and Don Madar, authors of Before Gettysburg, share some of the untold stories of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the Civil War.The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode 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.

Join Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski as he chats with new ECW President Neil Chatelain about the company's new leadership transition, the work ahead, and a behind-the-scenes look.

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President Abraham Lincoln and Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax may not have been close pals, but as highly pragmatic politicians, they each understood the value they had to each other. Emerging Civil War's Arie DeYoung takes a closer look at this political partnership/rivalry.

The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode 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.

"The Devil's Own Purgatory" by Robert Gudmestad is the winner of the 2026 Emerging Civil War Book Award. ECW's Chris Mackowski chats with Gudmestad about this groundbreaking new look at the Mississippi River Squadron during 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.

Dr. Tom Clemens has been one of the most influential voices in Antietam scholarship and preservation for forty years. For that work, Emerging Civil War honored Clemens with the 2026 Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. ECW's Chris Mackowski sat down with Clemens for a look back at four decades of work.

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.

In the midst of the Nashville campaign of 1864, Federal generals George Thomas and John Schofield went from being partners to rivals. How did it happen and what were the consequences? Historian Joe Ricci joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about the Thomas/Schofield partnership/rivalry.

The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode 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.