Battle at the Head of Passes (with Neil Chatelain)
As the Federal navy sought to implement its Anaconda Plan, the multi-channeled mouth of the Mississippi posed a special challenge. A key waterway, the Head of Passes, became the focus of attention—and...
14 Jul 1h 7min
The Battle of Pickett's Mill (with Aaron Siever)
During the Atlanta Campaign, Joseph E. Johnston demonstrated at the interrelated battles of New Hope Church, Pickett's Mill, and Dallas that he knew how to fight, not just how to fall back. Historian ...
7 Jul 1h 3min
"July 2nd [at Gettysburg] Needed a Lot of Saving" (with Dan Welch and Evan Portman)
Historian Harry Pfanz once said, "July 2nd [at Gettysburg] needed a lot of saving." Who had to save the day and where? Historians Dan Welch and Evan Portman join Chris Mackowski on the Emerging Civil ...
30 Jun 1h 10min
The Cheairs Family and RippaVilla (with Eric Jacobson)
The Cheairs family of Spring Hill lived on a stately plantation called RippaVilla. Today, the Battle of Franklin Trust manages the property. Eric Jacobson, president and CEO of the Trust, has a new bo...
23 Jun 55min
A Hell of a Regiment: The 20th Maine (with Jared Peatman)
The 20th Maine Infantry is one of the most famous regiments of the Civil War, yet there's been surprisingly little attention devoted to unit's history. As author Jared Peatman reminds us, there's far ...
16 Jun 59min
Spring Savas Beatie Release (with Ted Savas)
Chris Mackowski, host of the Emerging Civil War Podcast, found a lot of cool reading this spring thanks to a strong line-up of releases from Savas Beatie. From U.S. Grant's trip around the world to St...
9 Jun 1h 2min
Battlefields of the Valley--1862 (with Michael Gionfriddo)
The 1862 Valley Campaign offers plenty of history AND landscape to explore. Michael Gionfriddo, a park ranger with the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Association, joins host Chris Mackowski to talk ab...
2 Jun 1h 15min
Three Things I Learned (with Sam Flowers and Ryan Quint)
The ugly truth behind the “polite” behavior of “gentleman” in the Antebellum South. The power of rifled artillery against masonry forts. The statues in the U.S. Capitol. The Army of the Potomac as Bal...
26 Mai 56min
