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
Remembering John Adams (with Marianne Holdzkom)
The Emerging Civil War Podcast steps back in history to the Revolutionary Era for a discussion with Dr. Marianne Holdzkom about Founding Father John Adams. How do we remember a man who often worried h...
13 Jan 58min
Impressment (with Neil Chatelain)
Imagine being rounded up on land or captured at sea and then being forced to work on an enemy ship. The practice was called "impressment," and as Neil Chatelain explains, navies during the Civil War—N...
6 Jan 52min
War in the Trans-Mississippi, 1861 (with Devon Sommerville)
All bets were off and the rules of war were still being written in 1861 in the Trans-Mississippi theater of the Civil War. In this episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast, ECW contributor Devon Somm...
30 Des 20251h 2min
Civil War Christmas (with Kris White)
Merry "Kris"-mas from Emerging Civil War! ECW's Chief Historian Kris White decks the halls with a discussion about Christmastime during the Civil War.This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is ...
23 Des 20251h 11min
Battle of Richmond, Kentucky (with Phil Seyfrit and George Ridings)
As the Confederate campaign into Kentucky got underway in the fall of 1862, one of the first clashes came in Richmond, Kentucky—a battle that became one of the most complete Confederate victories of t...
17 Des 20251h 2min
Landmines in the Civil War (with Ken Rutherford)
The Emerging Civil War Podcast explores "America's Buried History: Landmines in the American Civil War," with Dr. Ken Rutherford. Rutherford, himself a landmine survivor, is one of the world's leading...
9 Des 202547min
