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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Mars 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 Mars 20251h 4min
A Conversation with Jennifer Murray
Dr. Jennifer Murray is the incoming director of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University. She joins us to talk about her plans for her new job, her backgroun...
11 Mars 202553min
Bentonville 160th (with Anna Kulcsar)
It's Women's History Month, and we kick things off with Anna Kulcsar, education specialist at Bentonville Historic Site, who talks with Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski about plans for the 160th a...
4 Mars 202547min
Fort Pickens: Where the Civil War ALMOST Started (with Neil Chatelain)
Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski and Neil Chatelain talk about Fort Pickens in Pensacola, where the Civil War ALMOST started. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Ci...
25 Feb 202550min
