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In today's Muster, Drew Baird examines the role of the Union Pacific in shaping the Greater Reconstruction in the American West journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

A Power in the Land: Union Pacific in the Greater Reconstruction - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Railroads have long been subjects of Civil War era studies. Scholars have cast them as promoters of growth before the conflict, agents of capacity and connection during the war itself, and instrume...

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In today's Muster, Cassandra Jane Werking examines the long history of Fort Pickens and its place in Florida and national memory journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Stand Firm Like Fort Pickens: Confederate Florida and the Long Struggle over Unionist Memory - The...

Despite being in Confederate Florida, United States Fort Pickens repelled enemy attempts to gain control of the Union holdout. Situated on the bay of Pensacola, Fort Pickens remained in U.S. control...

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In today's Muster, JCWE editor Megan Bever interviews author Ian Delahanty about his recent book, Embracing Emancipation journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

JCWE Conversation with Ian Delahanty - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, JCWE associate editor Megan Bever interviews Ian Delahanty. Delahanty is an associate professor of history at Springfield College and the author of Embracing Emancipation: A...

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In today's Muster, Brook Thomas reflects on Birthright Citizenship and postbellum debates around the idea of allegiance journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Birthright Citizenship and Allegiance - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Birthright citizenship is controlled by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of...

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Graduate students in Civil War era history, the deadline for the Richards Center Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship has been extended to March 15. If you are working on any subject in the Civil War Era, please consider applying.
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In today's Muster, Karl Miller examines the Reconstruction-era roots of the Animal Rights Movement journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

A Tentative Start: Animal Rights in Florida During Reconstruction - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Shortly after the end of the Civil War, Florida wrote a new state constitution and held elections to seat a legislature. Tasked with handling the issues that arose in postbellum Florida society, the...

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In today's Muster, ongoing contributor Elliott Martin writes about Henry 'Box' Brown and Richmond's public history landscape journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Henry 'Box' Brown: Tobacco Worker, Stage Magician, Tourist Attraction - The Journal of the Civil...

Henry ‘Box’ Brown had a variety of identities in his life-tobacco factory worker, escaped slave, abolitionist, lecturer, and touring panoramist and entertainer on the English stage. In recent years,...

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In today's Muster, we are announcing a call for gradate student submissions journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Muster Call for Graduate Student Submissions - The Journal of the Civil War Era

The Society of Civil War Historians’ Graduate Student Connection Committee, together with Muster, the blog of The Journal of the Civil War Era, is calling for submissions from graduate students....

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In today's Muster, Robert Bland examines the legacy of the Reconstruction generation journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Remembering Reconstruction’s Lost Generation - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Benjamin Franklin Randolph was part of a generation that changed the nation’s political history. Born free and raised in Ohio, he attended Oberlin College and after graduating he served as a princi...

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In today's Muster, @RichardPCondon explores the recent Netflix series Death by Lightning and its portrait of James Garfield as the last "Lincoln Republican" journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Death by Lightning - An Ode to Service - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In his inaugural speech on March 4, 1881, newly elected President James Garfield emphasized the importance of ongoing Reconstruction, asserting that the “elevation of the negro race from slavery to...

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In today's Muster, Cassandra Jane Werking explores irregular warfare along the Canadian border and how this conflict challenges our current hemispheric story of the American Civil War journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Canada Caught in the Cross Fire: How U.S. Major General John Adams Dix Confronted Confederate...

Hundreds of miles from the cacophony of hissing Minié balls, rumbling artillery fire, and thumping drums that defined the acoustic environment of battlefields in established theaters of war, Major...

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In today's Muster, Kate Masur and Gregory Downs preview the December issue of the journal journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Previewing the December 2025 JCWE - The Journal of the Civil War Era

  With this issue of the journal, we complete six years as coeditors and feel inspired by the work of so many of our professional colleagues who keep scholarly journals functioning and humbled by...

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In today's Muster, Amanda Laury Kleintop explores the hidden history of compensated emancipation in Maryland journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Compensated Emancipation in Maryland during the Civil War - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Historians have long marked President Abraham Lincoln’s January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation as the harbinger of immediate, uncompensated emancipation in both the Confederacy and the Border...

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In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever chats with J Matt Ward about his book Garden of Ruins (LSU Press, 2024) journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

JCWE Conversation with J Matt Ward - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, J Matt Ward, Assistant Professor of History at Quincy University, chats with JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever about his book, Garden of Ruins (LSU Press, 2024).  

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In today's Muster, Clark North examines Stephen Douglas' role in shaping debates over citizenship and voting rights in antebellum Illinois journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Stephen Douglas’ Fictitious Case: Immigrant Voting in Antebellum Illinois - The Journal of the...

Both sides agreed on the facts. Both sides, the Whigs and the Democrats,  agreed that on August 6, 1838, Jeremiah Kyle went to the window of a polling booth in Galena, Illinois. Both sides agreed...

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In today's Muster, contributor Kris Plunkett examines the rise of the New Lost Cause in Post-Civil Rights era alternative history stories journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Alternative Fictions: The New Lost Cause in the Post-Civil Rights Era - The Journal of the Civil...

“What if the South Won the Civil War?” Answers to this question reflect shifts in collective memory as authors use artistic license to reframe the real-world past.[1] Mackinlay Kantor’s answer in...

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In today's Muster, we introduce four new contributors to the site. Welcome Cassy Werking, Will Horne, Elliott, and Kris Plunkett to the Muster team! journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Introducing New Muster Contributors - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, we are excited to introduce four new contributors to our site. We are excited to welcome Cassy Werking, Will Horne, Elliott Martin, and Kris Plunkett to our team. They will...

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The history of the Civil War era is inextricably linked to indigenous history and Muster will always strive to be an outlet to highlight the ongoing conversations and important debates that reveal a deeper understanding of this nation's indigenous past
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Finally, Lindsey R. Peterson discussed her 2025 JCWE article on settler colonialism, western Unionism, and Indian boarding schools with Muster this past summer. Her groundbreaking article won the 2023 Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay award. journalofthecivilwarera.org/…

Lindsey Peterson Interview on "'Home Builders': Free Labor Households and Settler Colonialism in...

In today’s Muster, associate editor Robert D. Bland speaks with Lindsey R. Peterson about her March 2025 JCWE article “‘Home-Builders’: Free Labor Households and Settler Colonialism in Western Union...

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