The Confederacy's Desert Empire (with Pat Kelly-Fischer and Phill Greenwalt)
The 1862 New Mexico Campaign promised huge benefits for the Confederacy if it succeeded, even while offering relatively low risks. What was there to lose? Patrick Kelly-Fischer and Phill Greenwalt joi...
10 Mar 1h 4min
William T. Sherman and His "Demon Spirit" (with Timothy B. Smith)
William T. Sherman and John McClernand started off as effective partners under Ulysses S. Grant, but by the time Grant began his inland campaign against Vicksburg, Sherman considered McClernand his "d...
3 Mar 53min
The Unlikely Occupiers (with Madeline Feierstein)
A military governor and his provost marshal—occupation duty in wartime Alexandria, Virginia, paired two unlikely partners, John Slough and Henry Horatio Wells. As we explore our theme of "Rivalries an...
24 Feb 46min
Soldier of the South (with Edward Hagerty)
The Army of Northern Virginia was led by larger-than-life personalities. So how did the mild-mannered Lt. General Richard Anderson fit in once he rose to corps command? Edward Hagerty joins the Emergi...
17 Feb 1h 14min
Civil War Memories in a Polarized America (with Jen Murray and John Kinder)
Today’s political polarization has had an impact on how weremember the Civil War—and how we remember the Civil War impacts how we view today’s politics. In this episode of the Emerging Civil War Podca...
3 Feb 57min
Three Things—with Kevin Donovan and Evan Portman
The Emerging Civil War Podcast kicks off a new feature, “Three Things,” in which a pair of our historians each share three things they’ve learned over the last year that surprised them. This week, Kev...
27 Jan 1h 1min
Grant & Rawlins (with Curt Fields & Melissa Winn)
As Emerging Civil War prepares to examine "Partnerships & Rivalries" at our 2026 Symposium, we take a look at one of the most important relationships to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Curt Fields an...
20 Jan 1h 12min
