Fred Grant Goes to War (with Al Nofi)
Fred Grant, oldest son of Ulysses S. Grant, proved to be one of the most unique witnesses to the Civil War. As a boy, he hit the campaign trail with his father on several occasions, living the stereot...
30 Sep 202557min
Welcome to the Occupation--of Alexandria (with Madeline Feierstein)
Emerging Civil War's newest contributor, Madeline Feierstein, talks about the Federal army's occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, beginning in 1861 and stretching through the war. The army's presence i...
23 Sep 202546min
Boutwell (with Jeffrey Boutwell)
George Boutwell may have been one of the most influential 19th Century politicians you've never heard of--until now. Jeffrey Boutwell, a collateral, descendent, has written a new biography of this for...
16 Sep 202555min
Gettysburg: The Elephant in the Room (with Kris White)
In the field of Civil War public history, Gettysburg exerts its own gravitational pull. As part of our "Ethics and Issues" series, ECW Chief Historian Kris White joins the podcast to talk about the ou...
9 Sep 20251h 3min
Ethics and Civil War History (with John Heckman and Jonathan Noyalas)
What ethical challenges to Civil War historians wrestle with? John R. Heckman (The Tattooed Historian) and Jonathan Noyalas, director of Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute, join Chr...
3 Sep 20251h 2min
The Fall of FitzJohn Porter (with Kevin Donovan and Kevin Pawlak)
Emerging Civil War's Kevin Pawlak and Kevin Donovan discuss the trials and tribulations of Federal General FitzJohn Porter, whose court-martial became one of the most enduring controversies of the Civ...
26 Aug 20251h 14min
The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign (with Jon Nese and Jeffrey Harding)
If you knew it was hot during the Gettysburg Campaign, a new book by meteorologist Jon Nese and historian Jeffrey Harding give "hot" a whole new meaning. "The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaig...
19 Aug 202559min
Stay and Fight It Out on Culp's Hill (with Kris White)
ECW Co-Founder Kris White joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about the fighting at Culp's Hill and East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg. Kris and host Chris Mackowski are co-authors of the ECW S...
12 Aug 20251h 18min
