The Politics of Black History Month (with Kevin Levin)
It's Black History Month, but Black history has found itself in the political crosshairs. Kevin Levin of Civil War Memory joins Emerging Civil War's Chris Mackowski to discuss.
25 Feb 202344min
2nd South Carolina String Band
They are some of the best-known and best-loved Civil War musicians: the 2nd South Carolina String Band! ECW's Chris Mackowski catches up with banjo player Joe Ewers for a conversation about music, ree...
21 Feb 202350min
U.S. Grant and Slavery (with Nick Sacco)
What was U.S. Grant's relationship to slavery, and how did that tie into the larger context of slavery around Grant's home in St. Louis? Historian Nick Sacco has just completed a new exhibit for the U...
17 Feb 202324min
Mobile (with Kris White)
Explore the Civil War history around Mobile, Alabama—from the historic forts protecting the city to Battle of Mobile Bay to the battle of Fort Blakeley—with ECW's Chris Mackowski and Kris White.
9 Feb 20231h 3min
The Mud March (with Kris White)
The Mud March was one of Ambrose Burnside's low points of the war. But as ECW historian Kris White discusses, there's more to the story than "Burnside stuck in the mud."
24 Jan 202358min
A Chat with ECW's New Chief Historian
Emerging Civil War made a little history of its own recently by selecting its first female chief historian, Cecily Nelson Zander. We talk with her about her new role and the future of ECW.
10 Jan 202330min
Daz Catch-Up
As Emerging Civil War's Christmas treat to you, we offer a special across-the-Pond catch-up between Darren "Daz" Rawlings of the U.S. Civil War &. U.K. History site and ECW's Chris Mackowski.
30 Dec 202230min
They Came Only to Die: The Battle of Nashville (with Sean Chick)
It's a bleak-sounding description for an especially bleak battle. Author Sean Michael Chick discusses the December 1864 battle outside Tennessee's capital city and his upcoming book in the Emerging Ci...
15 Dec 202254min
