{"product_id":"war-in-the-western-theater-favorite-stories-and-fresh-perspectives-from-the-historians-at-emerging-civil-war-9781611215960","title":"War in the Western Theater: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War","description":"\u003cb\u003eWar in the Western Theater offers fresh perspectives on pivotal Civil War events, shedding light on overlooked battles and figures, revealing untold stories that reshape our understanding of this crucial region.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Western Theater has long been pushed to the side by events in the Eastern Theater, but it was in the West where the Federal armies won the Civil War. Interest in this complex region is finally increasing, and the authors at Emerging Civil War add substantially to that growing body of literature with \u003ci\u003eWar in the Western Theater: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDozens of entries offer fresh and insightful aspects and angles to key events that unfolded between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River. Revisit an important Confederate charge at Shiloh, discover how key decisions won (and lost) the bloody fighting at Chickamauga, and ponder how whiskey may have impacted the fighting at Corinth. Readers will walk the battlefield at Fort Blakeley outside Mobile, fight in the hellish cedars at Stones River, and mourn with a Mississippi family. Insights abound. How many students of the war knew a Confederate major, watching the riverine bombardment of Fort Donelson up close and personal, rushed to send detailed sketches of the ironclads to Gen. Robert E. Lee to warn him of this new way of fighting--and the lethal dangers it portended?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd these are just a taste of what's waiting inside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe selections herein bring together the best scholarship from Emerging Civil War's blog, symposia, and podcast, revised and updated, together with original pieces designed to shed new light and insight on some of the most important and fascinating events that have for too long flown under the radar of history's pens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMackowski, Chris:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the online resource Emerging Civil War. A writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, NY, Chris is also historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania battlefield in central Virginia. The series editor of the award-winning Emerging Civil War Series, he has authored or co-authored a dozen books on the Civil War, and his articles have appeared in major Civil War magazines.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBierle, Sarah Kay:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sarah Kay Bierle is a managing editor for Emerging Civil War's blog. A graduate from Thomas Edison State University with a B.A. in History, she has spent the last few years researching, writing, and speaking about the American Civil War, helping audiences gain a better appreciation for the accounts of real people caught in the struggles of the past.","brand":"Savas Beatie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496484835602,"sku":"9781611215960","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc61468a-43e8-4769-9fa0-c9ad0c47042d.jpg?v=1730694953","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/war-in-the-western-theater-favorite-stories-and-fresh-perspectives-from-the-historians-at-emerging-civil-war-9781611215960","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}