Emerging Civil War

Greg Wade of the Franklin Civil War Roundtable talks about the final fateful campaign of John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee.

Historian Joe Ricci explores one of the most tantalizing "lost opportunities" of the Civil War: the Federal escape from Spring Hill, Tennessee, which set up the battle of Franklin.

What do Mexico and Argentina have to do with the American Civil War? Historian Evan Rothera joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about "Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas," offering a new take on international relations during the war and after.

Gary Gallagher talks about his latest edited collection, a new Library of America edition of Bruce Catton's Army of the Potomac trilogy.

Dan Welch steps in as guest host to talk with Chris Mackowski about Chris's new book, "The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi," which covers one of the most overlooked phases of Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.

Wreaths Across America is one of America's most poignant holiday events. This year, Emerging Civil War is helping support efforts at Winchester National Cemetery. Sarah Kay Bierle and her mom, Susan Bierle, talk about the project and a special event sponsored by ECW to support it.

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Press Release: https://emergingcivilwar.com/2022/08/31/emerging-civil-war-hosts-fundraiser-for-wreaths-across-america/

***Sarah wants to clarify that she has confirmed the burial of soldiers who died at the battle of New Market in Winchester National Cemetery. The historical information was finally confirmed a day or two after this podcast was recorded!

Historians Kevin Pawlak, Dan Welch, and Chris Mackowski talk about the period between the battles of Second Manassas and Antietam: John Pope, Fitz John Porter, and Politics A-Plenty!

Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command is the recipient of this year's ECW Book Award. We talk with the author, historian Kent Masterson Brown.

The first action of the Second Manassas Campaign OR the last action of the Peninsula Campaign? ECW author Mike Block talks about the battle of Cedar Mountain and his recent book, The Carnage was Fearful.

If anyone in the Confederacy had big dreams, it was P.G.T. Beauregard. Join Sean Chick for a discussion of his new Emerging Civil War Series biography, Dreams of Victory: P.G.T. Beauregard in the Civil War.