Controversial McClellan (with Moe Daoust)

Why ask "What If"? J.D. Huitt of "The History Underground," publisher Theodore P. Savas, and ECW Chief Historian Angela Zombek join host Chris Mackowski to discuss the value of asking the question.The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Has the generalship of George B. McClellan been fairly appraised? A new study by author Maurice Daoust says "No." Daoust joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about his new book, George McClellan: A Study in Controversy.The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Volume Three of Dave Powell's in-depth study of the Atlanta Campaign covers from the Chattahootchee River through the Battle of Peach Tree Creek. He recaps the action in this episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast. The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Throughout 1861, the front along the Potomac River in northern Virginia presented a kaleidoscope of ever-shifting military, political, logistical, and social dynamics. M.A. Kleen of Spirit61.info joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to chat about the continuum of events from the capture of Alexandria, the battle of Bull Run, the arrival of McClellan, the battle of Ball's Bluff, and more.The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Best known because of the movie "Glory," Col. Robert Gould Shaw of the 54th Massachusetts had a far more complicated life than Hollywood suggested. A new biography, "A Glorious Fate" by Kevin Levin, looks at the nuances of Shaw's life and legacy. Levin joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about the widely recognized but little-known officer.The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Looking for a great Civil War weekend getaway this fall? Jonathan Noyalas, author of the new guidebook "Winchester and the Civil War," talks about the one of Virginia's most storied Civil War towns. Noyalas offers some great tips on exploring the military, social, economic, and political history of a town that changed hands more than seventy times during the war.The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Podcast host Chris Mackowski went to "Bleeding Kansas," Wilson's Creek, and Pea Ridge over the summer. To find out more about the places he visited, he called up Dr. Zachary Fry, another "Eastern Theater" historian who's now based in Kansas, to talk about the border war and the Trans-Mississippi.The Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Ambrose Burnside and Joseph Hooker operated in separate spheres early in the Civil War but, in 1862, found themselves in the Army of the Potomac on a collision course for command. Emerging Civil War’s Ryan Quint asks, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?”The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Explore Burnside's Bridge and beyond with Emerging Civil War historian Bert Dunkerly, discussing his recent book "The Lower Battlefield of Antietam: The Forgotten Front of America's Bloodiest Day."The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.

Jim Schmick and Don Madar, authors of Before Gettysburg, share some of the untold stories of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the Civil War.The Emerging Civil War Podcast is hosted by Chris Mackowski. This episode is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠civilwartrails.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.