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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

Office Hours: Stone Mountain

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"

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The Curious Case of Charley Benger

'Freedom Was in Sight!': A Conversation With Kate Masur

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'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

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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

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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

When the Removal of a Confederate Monument at Arlington National Cemetery Attracts More Attention than the Disgraceful Behavior of Donald Trump

Gettysburg National Military Park's Beaver Problem: A Conversation with Jen Murray

Fly Fishing at Gettysburg or When a Historic and Natural Landscape Collide

There Is No Better Place to Honor John Lewis Than On the Spot Where a Confederate Monument Once Stood

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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

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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

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Remembering Kate Shuster

Did Robert Gould Shaw Have to Volunteer the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts to Prove Their Bravery?

Applying the Past to the Unpredictability of the Present

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Talking Gettysburg, The Movie

Does Gettysburg Have a 'Lost Cause Problem'?

A Brief Reflection on This 161st Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg

Grape & Canister: Gettysburg Anniversary Edition

A Conversation With Ed Gantt

Reggie Jackson Knocks It Out Of the Park

A Tale of Two Commemorative Efforts in Georgia or Another Nail in the Lost Cause Coffin

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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

Our American Hero

"Show Me a Record"

Will a Civil Rights Icon Soon Push Jefferson Davis Off His Pedestal?

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A Conversation With Historian Cecily Zander

Placing the Question of 'Why They Fought?' in Perspective

Residents Call for the Removal of a Faithful Slave Statue in North Carolina, While a School Unveils a Confederate Monument in Ohio

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

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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

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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

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United Daughters of the Confederacy Lose Tax-Exempt Status on the Anniversary of Robert E. Lee's Surrender at Appomattox

What's On My Book Stand

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

Open Thread Thursday

Three Martyrs to the Union/Abolitionist Cause

American Historical Association Releases Preview of Report on the State of History Education Across the Country

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

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Removing the Last Monument to the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia

Robert Gould Shaw and the Politics of Martyrdom

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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?

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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

Democrats and Republicans Have Never Been Further Apart in Their Understanding of the Civil War Era Since Reconstruction

The Republican Betrayal of Lincoln's Legacy Continues

Open Thread Wednesday

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The Black Confederate Myth, Artificial Intelligence, and the Challenges of Historical Interpretation