Teaching Civil War history (with Dr. Phil Payne)
Dr. Phil Payne, chair of the history department at St. Bonaventure University, invited Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski to team teach a course on the Civil War for the Spring 2025 semester. In thi...
6 Touko 202550min
America 250: Lexington & Concord (with Rob Orrison)
Rob Orrison from ECW's sister-site, Emerging Revolutionary War, joins the ECW Podcast to talk about the start of the America 250 celebration in Lexington and Concord. Rob recaps ECW's round-the-clock ...
29 Huhti 202550min
Feeding Lee's Army of Northern Virginia (with Michael Hardy)
An army fights on its stomach. Historian Michael C. Hardy joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to explain the ins and outs of feeding the Confederacy's most prominent army, how that differed from othe...
22 Huhti 202555min
The Siege of Spanish Fort (with Paul Brueske)
"Digging all night and fighting all day"—that's how one participant described the 1865 siege of Spanish Fort just outside Mobile, Alabama. We'll talk with Paul Brueske, author of a book about the sieg...
15 Huhti 20251h 8min
Appomattox 160, Part 02 (with Thomas Jessee and Curt Fields)
The second of a two-part conversation with living historians Thomas Jessee and Curt Fields, who portray R.E. Lee and U.S. Grant and respectively. They'll walk us through the experiences of both genera...
8 Huhti 20251h 4min
Appomattox 160, Part 01 (with Curt Fields and Thomas Jessee)
The first of a two-part conversation with living historians Curt Fields and Thomas Jessee, who portray U.S. Grant and R.E. Lee, respectively. They'll discuss their insights about Grant and Lee and the...
1 Huhti 202558min
In the Wake of Fort Donelson (with Greg Biggs)
Everything the Confederates did in the West after the fall of Fort Donelson was an attempt to reverse the results of Donelson. Join historian Greg Biggs for a look at the strategic situation before an...
25 Maalis 20251h 18min
Dread Danger (with Lesley Gordon)
What can two regiments tell us about cowardice in the Civil War? Join Dr. Lesley Gordon for a discussion about her new book Dread Danger and a look into the experiences of the 11th New York and the 2n...
18 Maalis 20251h 4min
