Emerging Civil War

Camp Nelson National Monument, one of the newest sites in the National Park Service system, has a vibrant and complex Civil War and Emancipation history. Chief Interpreter Steve Phan joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to share some of the stories.

It's Black History Month, but Black history has found itself in the political crosshairs. Kevin Levin of Civil War Memory joins Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski to discuss.

What was U.S. Grant's relationship to slavery, and how did that tie into the larger context of slavery around Grant's home in St. Louis? Historian Nick Sacco has just completed a new exhibit for the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site that explores the fascinating connection and context.

Explore the Civil War history around Mobile, Alabama—from the  historic forts protecting the city to Battle of Mobile Bay to the battle of Fort Blakeley—with ECW's Chris Mackowski and Kris White.

The Mud March was one of Ambrose Burnside's low points of the war. But as ECW historian Kris White discusses, there's more to the story than "Burnside stuck in the mud."

Emerging Civil War made a little history of its own recently by selecting its first female chief historian, Cecily Nelson Zander. We talk with her about her new role and the future of ECW.

As Emerging Civil War's Christmas treat to you, we offer a special across-the-Pond catch-up between Darren "Daz" Rawlings of the U.S. Civil War &. U.K. History site and ECW's Chris Mackowski.

It's a bleak-sounding description for an especially bleak battle. Author Sean Michael Chick discusses the December 1864 battle outside Tennessee's capital city and his upcoming book in the Emerging Civil War Series.

Historian Jill Ogline Titus gives us a chance to see the most famous small town in America, Gettysburg, in a new way: at the crossroads of Centennial planning, the Civil Rights Movement, and Cold War patriotism.

The author's book on the subject is now available through UNC Press.