Sitemap - 2024 - Civil War Memory
When the Federal Government Hunted People in the Streets of Boston
"It Is Rather For Us To Be Here Dedicated To the Great Task Remaining Before Us"
Memeing Your Way Through the History of Reconstruction
A Few Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes to Share
Donald Trump is Not a 'Confederate President'
When Teaching the Contingency of the Past Matters the Most
"The People Are In a Fever of Excitement and Suspense"
The Curious Case of Charley Benger
'Freedom Was in Sight!': A Conversation With Kate Masur
'Reckoning With the Devil': A Conversation With Court Carney
Wanted: "Confederate-Friendly History"
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Civil War Memory, and the Power of Narrative
Moving Beyond the Empty Pedestal
The Best Civil War Books of 2024
Is This the Most Important Book Ever Published on the American Civil War?
Remembering Antietam One Book at a Time
What I No Longer Believe About Social Media
Beavers, Gettysburg, and Civil War Memory: A Conversation with Barbara Gannon
Searching for Black Confederates Five Years Later
A Conversation With Historian Frank Cirillo
The Joy and Pain of Peer Review: An Update on My Robert Gould Shaw Manuscript
Gettysburg National Military Park's Beaver Problem: A Conversation with Jen Murray
Fly Fishing at Gettysburg or When a Historic and Natural Landscape Collide
Why We Can't Have a Civil War Film That Tells the Truth
Preserving the Past One Document at a Time
Henry Wiechert and a Daughter's Memory of What Might Have Been
Help Me Save a Small Piece of Civil War History
From the Classroom to the White House
Approaching the Confederate Dead, Without the Memorial, at Arlington National Cemetery
"The Earth Seemed to Tremble": Remembering the Battle of the Crater 160 Years Later
A New and Improved Little Round Top
Saying Goodbye to a Dear Friend
Did Robert Gould Shaw Have to Volunteer the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts to Prove Their Bravery?
Applying the Past to the Unpredictability of the Present
Does Gettysburg Have a 'Lost Cause Problem'?
A Brief Reflection on This 161st Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
Grape & Canister: Gettysburg Anniversary Edition
Reggie Jackson Knocks It Out Of the Park
A Tale of Two Commemorative Efforts in Georgia or Another Nail in the Lost Cause Coffin
Robert E. Lee: Confederate General, Father, and Tickler
Did Robert E. Lee Really Speak Out Against the Dedication of Monuments to the Confederacy?
Echoes of Robert Gould Shaw at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Will a Civil Rights Icon Soon Push Jefferson Davis Off His Pedestal?
A Conversation With Historian Cecily Zander
Placing the Question of 'Why They Fought?' in Perspective
There is a New Confederate Monument in Town: A Conversation With Eric Jacobson
Let's Talk About That New Confederate Monument
A Conversation With Historian Robert K.D. Colby
A New Confederate Monument Dedicated in Franklin, Tennessee
High School in Virginia Once Again Honors Stonewall Jackson
A Conversation With Historian Yael Sternhell
Narrating Slavery in Erik Larson's New Book, The Demon of Unrest
From 'Diehard Rebel' to Republican Scalawag
Introducing *A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw*
Playing Civil War at Andersonville Prison Camp
"Never Fight Uphill, Me Boys. Never Fight Uphill"--Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg
Did Harriet Tubman Serve Robert Gould Shaw His Last Meal?
Will Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Sell the United Daughters of the Confederacy South?
Robert Gould Shaw's Best Friend
Three Martyrs to the Union/Abolitionist Cause
A Sneak Peek at My Biography of Robert Gould Shaw
The Work That Your Paid Subscription Helps to Support
An Update on the Progress of my Biography of Robert Gould Shaw
The Battle of Franklin Trust Takes the Next Step in Interpreting the Lives of the Enslaved
The End of an Era in Civil War Publishing
Remembering and Commemorating Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts in Visual Culture
Removing the Last Monument to the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia
Robert Gould Shaw and the Politics of Martyrdom
A Preview of the Civil War Institute Summer Conference at Gettysburg College
Open Thread Thursday: Creating a Lost Cause Museum
Recognizing the Long History of African-American Protests Against Symbols of the Confederacy
Why Did Robert Gould Shaw Volunteer the 54th Massachusetts for the Assault on Fort Wagner?
Open-Thread Thursday: Historic Sites That Get It Right
Robert Gould Shaw and Discipline in the 54th Massachusetts
Today is Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's 200th birthday
What Nikki Haley Doesn't Understand About American History
Open Thread Thursday: What is the Most Misinterpreted or Misunderstood Civil War Photograph?
The Case Against Comparing Donald Trump's "Big Lie" With the Confederacy's Lost Cause
Open Thread Wednesday: Exploring the Vast Civil War Archive
The Republican Betrayal of Lincoln's Legacy Continues
The Black Confederate Myth, Artificial Intelligence, and the Challenges of Historical Interpretation