Grant and Memory
Historians Frank Varney, Nick Sacco, and Dave Powell join Chris Mackowski for a roundtable discussion of Ulysses S. Grant, memoir, and historical memory, based on Varney's new book "General Grant and ...
25 Juli 20231h 5min
The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons (with Jill Newmark)
Meet the small handful of Black surgeons who helped the Union effort in the Civil War. We talk with Jill L. Newmark, author of "Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black C...
11 Juli 202341min
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry (with Kevin Pawlak and Jon-Erik Gilot)
Was John Brown a freedom fighter or a domestic terrorist? Join Kevin Pawlak and Jon-Erik Gilot for a discussion of their new ECW Series book, "John Brown and the Raid on Harpers Ferry."
29 Juni 202350min
Civil War on the Water (with Dwight Hughes)
Don't forget "Uncle Sam's webbed feet," Abraham Lincoln admonished. The Emerging Civil War Podcast remembers "The Civil War on the Water" with author Dwight Hughes, who joins us to talk about his new ...
6 Juni 202354min
To Hell or Richmond (with Doug Crenshaw and Drew Gruber)
"To Hell or Richmond"—that was the cry during the spring of 1862. It's also the title of a new ECW Series book about the Peninsula Campaign by Doug Crenshaw and Drew Gruber, who join us on the latest ...
23 Maj 202350min
U.S. Grant and Cigars (with Curt Fields)
Ulysses S. Grant was known as a heavy cigar smoker. How does a living historian like Curt Fields deal with that? Curt joins Chris Mackowski on the Emerging Civil War podcast to talk about Grant's ciga...
9 Maj 202340min
The Public Face of Charlton Heston (with Brian Steel Wills)
Historian Brian Steel Wills joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about his new book, Running the Race: The "Public Face" of Charlton Heston and Heston's love of history--including Heston's Civ...
25 Apr 202345min
Civil War Monuments and Memory (with Jon Tracey)
Dive into a discussion about Civil War monuments and how they relate to our memory of the war. Emerging Civil War historians Jon Tracey and Chris Mackowski talk about the ECW 10th Anniversary Series b...
18 Apr 202347min
