H-CivWar is H-Net's network on scholarship, teaching, and outreach on the history of the American Civil War era.
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We're please to share our final Graduate Student Interview for 2024-25. Today we welcome Rachael Barbara Nicholas to talk about African American experiences during the Maryland Campaign in the Civil War.
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Today we're pleased to share Part 3 of our Graduate and Postdoc Interview series. Welcome @katiefgw, Ph.D. Student at @UVA_History, to discuss her work on Reconstruction and reparations during this era.
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Terrific @HCivwar feature of CPH postdoc @heathercwalser and her work on amnesty in the early republic.
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Part 2 of our Fall Grad Student/Postdoc Interview Series is here! 🎉 We're excited to welcome Dr. Heather Carlquist Walser (Postdoc, Center for Presidential History, SMU) as she shares insights on Civil War-era amnesty. Click the link to learn more!
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Part 2 of our Fall Grad Student/Postdoc Interview Series is here! 🎉 We're excited to welcome Dr. Heather Carlquist Walser (Postdoc, Center for Presidential History, SMU) as she shares insights on Civil War-era amnesty. Click the link to learn more!
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New Interview Alert! Dive into the story of California's unique role in the Civil War w/ PhD candidate Louisa R. Brandt (@History_UCDavis). Discover how California shaped Union loyalty grappled with complex issues of race, gender, identity.
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.@cthrasherphd’s MISERABLE LITTLE CONGLOMERATION (@utennpress) is “the essential starting point to understand the experiences of the soldiers, enslaved ppl, and civilians involved in the Port Hudson campaign,” says Robert Gudmestad:
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Another solid review of Decisions at Franklin. My thanks to @HCivwar.
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Quite an interesting conversation between Dr. Madeline Zehnder and folks at Humboldt University. In this talk, Dr. Zehnder discusses "the relationship between pocket-sized print formats and the management of soldiers during the US Civil War."
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Richard Forziati believes students of military history will find much to like in Victor Vignola’s CONTRASTS IN COMMAND: THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS (@SavasBeatie), including his thesis that the main reason the US won is because of its superior generalship:
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William G. Piston (@MissouriState), author of the classic LEE’S TARNISHED LIEUTENANT, is a big fan of Elizabeth R. Varon’s new LONGSTREET: THE CONFEDERATE GENERAL WHO DEFIED THE SOUTH (@simonschuster). Read his new @HCivwar review here:
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Robert J. Dillard’s TWO COUNTIES IN CRISIS: MEASURING POLITICAL CHANGE IN RECONSTRUCTION (@UNTPress) “is one of the most interesting and surprising academic texts that I have ever read,” writes Bill Carrigan (@RowanCHSS) in our latest review:
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In ONE MORE WAR TO FIGHT (@RLPGBooks), Stephen A. Goldman “centers the political views and activism of northern soldiers and sailors” in his narrative of the collapse of Repub. Reconstruction in the postwar South, writes @pbrowne1865 in our latest review:
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“In short, ONWARD TO CHICAGO has much to offer both Underground Railroad scholars as well as general readers,” writes @cooperwingert in his H-CivWar review of Larry A. McClellan’s new book. @siupress
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“There have been countless books written about the Battle of Antietam, and D. Scott Hartwig’s masterpiece, I DREAD THE THOUGHT…(@JHUPress) ranks near the pinnacle in terms of quality and detail,” writes Michael Boden @SUNY_Dutchess in our latest review:
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Today we feature Joseph Beilein to talk about his new William Quantrill biography: _A Man by Any Other Name_ published by @UGAPress Beilein notes: "I couldn’t imagine having fun with it, learning much from Quantrill." #twitterstorians networks.h-net.org/group/dis…
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This week we chat with Drew Swanson (@GaSoHistory) about his new book _A Man of Bad Reputation_ published by @UNC_Press. Swanson notes that "Stephens’s assassination was crucial to the collapse of Reconstruction in North Carolina." #twitterstorians networks.h-net.org/group/dis…
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Today we feature Ritchie Watson and his new book _Grand Emporium, Mercantile Monster_ published by @lsupress. Ritchie notes: "Southerners had never seen or experienced an urban core like Manhattan" and it created many issues. #twitterstorians networks.h-net.org/group/dis…
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