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  • February 2024 1
    • Feb 26, 2024 "Arkansas Would Ever Remain Under the Eagle": A Unionist’s View on Secession Feb 26, 2024
  • October 2023 1
    • Oct 17, 2023 The Plight and Flight of Unionist Edwin R. McGuire: Divided Loyalties and Violence in Independence County, Arkansas Oct 17, 2023
  • January 2023 1
    • Jan 11, 2023 A Quiet Year for Civil Discourse Jan 11, 2023
  • March 2022 1
    • Mar 30, 2022 Chasing Bushwhackers: The 3rd Missouri Cavalry and a "Scout to Hot Spring County," Arkansas Mar 30, 2022
  • December 2021 1
    • Dec 31, 2021 Top 3 posts of 2021 Dec 31, 2021
  • July 2021 1
    • Jul 26, 2021 "Grant is beating his head against a wall": Lt. Col Walter Taylor on the Overland Campaign Jul 26, 2021
  • May 2021 1
    • May 31, 2021 The Industrial Confederacy: The Augusta Powder Works May 31, 2021
  • April 2021 1
    • Apr 30, 2021 “The ‘Milk and Water’ Policy…Is To Be Abandoned”: The Battle of Lewisburg, the Yankee, and Hard War in Western Virginia Apr 30, 2021
  • March 2021 1
    • Mar 15, 2021 Retreat from Antietam: The Battle of Shepherdstown, September 19-20, 1862 Mar 15, 2021
  • December 2020 3
    • Dec 31, 2020 Top Ten Posts of 2020: 1-5 Dec 31, 2020
    • Dec 30, 2020 Top Ten Posts of 2020: 6-10 Dec 30, 2020
    • Dec 14, 2020 Guest Review: The War Went On: Reconsidering the Lives of Civil War Veterans, edited by Brian Matthew Jordan and Evan C. Rothera Dec 14, 2020
  • November 2020 1
    • Nov 24, 2020 Private Uriah "Duck" Alley: The Story of West Virginia's Last Civil War Veteran Nov 24, 2020
  • October 2020 1
    • Oct 5, 2020 Black Woman Rising: Susie King Taylor—A Righteous Voice of the Civil War Era Oct 5, 2020
  • September 2020 2
    • Sep 21, 2020 Interview with Ron Roth, author of The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry: How a Confederate Artillery Battery and a Black Union Regiment Defined the War Sep 21, 2020
    • Sep 21, 2020 Review: The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry: How a Confederate Artillery Battery and a Black Union Regiment Defined the War, by Ron Roth. Sep 21, 2020
  • August 2020 2
    • Aug 17, 2020 Debating Confederate Monuments at the Federal Level Aug 17, 2020
    • Aug 3, 2020 The Newest Evolution of the Civil War Video Game Aug 3, 2020
  • July 2020 3
    • Jul 20, 2020 Interview with Sarah Handley-Cousins, author of Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North Jul 20, 2020
    • Jul 20, 2020 Review: Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North by Sarah Handley-Cousins Jul 20, 2020
    • Jul 6, 2020 Editorial: West Virginia Must Confront Its Confederate Monuments Jul 6, 2020
  • June 2020 2
    • Jun 15, 2020 Why I’m glad to see Lee go, and why I hope you will be too Jun 15, 2020
    • Jun 1, 2020 The Transformation of Gettysburg as a Commemorative Space, 1863-2020 Jun 1, 2020
  • May 2020 2
    • May 4, 2020 Interview with S. C. Gwynne, author of Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War May 4, 2020
    • May 4, 2020 Review: Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War by S. C. Gwynne May 4, 2020
  • January 2020 1
    • Jan 13, 2020 Historic Site Review: Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site Jan 13, 2020
  • December 2019 6
    • Dec 24, 2019 Top Ten Posts of 2019: #1-5 Dec 24, 2019
    • Dec 23, 2019 Top Ten Posts of 2019: #6-10 Dec 23, 2019
    • Dec 12, 2019 Reporting from the SHA: Reconstruction, Race, and Policing Dec 12, 2019
    • Dec 9, 2019 Reporting from the SHA: “(Re)Constructing an Empire: The South and the Nation after the Civil War” Dec 9, 2019
    • Dec 5, 2019 Reporting from the SHA: “Championing Justice and Rejecting White Supremacy: The Public Role of Southern Historians?” Dec 5, 2019
    • Dec 2, 2019 Reporting from the SHA: “Sanitation, Statistics, and State-Building in Reconstruction America” Dec 2, 2019
  • November 2019 4
    • Nov 25, 2019 Interview with Christian Keller, author of The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy Nov 25, 2019
    • Nov 25, 2019 Review: The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy, by Christian Keller Nov 25, 2019
    • Nov 21, 2019 Reporting from the SHA: Arrivals and Departures: Unionists, Confederates, and Occupiers in the Deep South During the Civil War Nov 21, 2019
    • Nov 11, 2019 Review: Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth by Kevin Levin. Nov 11, 2019
  • October 2019 2
    • Oct 30, 2019 Editorial: Responding to Earl Hess’ “The Internet and Civil War Studies”; In Defense of Blogging Oct 30, 2019
    • Oct 14, 2019 Review: Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South by Keri Leigh Merritt Oct 14, 2019
  • September 2019 2
    • Sep 30, 2019 2019: 400 Years of American Slavery Sep 30, 2019
    • Sep 19, 2019 The Guerilla: A Confederate Occupation Newspaper Sep 19, 2019
  • August 2019 1
    • Aug 12, 2019 Constitutions of the United States and Confederate States: A Comparison Aug 12, 2019
  • July 2019 2
    • Jul 29, 2019 Review: The Calculus of Violence: How Americans Fought the Civil War by Aaron Sheehan-Dean Jul 29, 2019
    • Jul 13, 2019 Editorial: Nathan Bedford Forrest Day: A Failure of Morality, History, and Politics Jul 13, 2019
  • May 2019 1
    • May 20, 2019 The Civil War's Bloodiest Battles West of the Mississippi River May 20, 2019
  • April 2019 1
    • Apr 8, 2019 "The Printing Press Cannot Remain Idle": The Ohio Twenty-Second, A Civil War Soldier Newspaper Apr 8, 2019
  • March 2019 1
    • Mar 11, 2019 “Where were they not on that gory field?”: The Chesapeake Artillery and the Battle of Sharpsburg Mar 11, 2019
  • February 2019 1
    • Feb 4, 2019 Visualizing the Civil Rights Movement: Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, AL Feb 4, 2019
  • January 2019 3
    • Jan 23, 2019 An interview with John Reeves, author of The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee Jan 23, 2019
    • Jan 21, 2019 Review: The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee: The Forgotten Case Against an American Icon by John Reeves Jan 21, 2019
    • Jan 7, 2019 ICYMI: Influential Scholarship of 2018 Jan 7, 2019
  • December 2018 3
    • Dec 31, 2018 Top Ten Posts of 2018: #1 Dec 31, 2018
    • Dec 24, 2018 Top Ten Posts of 2018: #5-2 Dec 24, 2018
    • Dec 17, 2018 Top Ten Posts of 2018: #6-10 Dec 17, 2018
  • November 2018 4
    • Nov 30, 2018 Reporting from the SHA: Northern Civilians and the Occupied Wartime Confederacy Nov 30, 2018
    • Nov 19, 2018 Reporting from the SHA: Defining Defeat—Three Approaches to Making Sense of Loss and the Confederate Experience Nov 19, 2018
    • Nov 15, 2018 Reporting from the SHA: Animal Studies in the Civil War Era Nov 15, 2018
    • Nov 7, 2018 The 14th Amendment to Black New Orleans Nov 7, 2018
  • September 2018 2
    • Sep 24, 2018 Civil War Censorship: The Arrest & Imprisonment of Wheeling's Democratic Editors Sep 24, 2018
    • Sep 3, 2018 Thoughts on a Year of Adjunct Teaching Sep 3, 2018
  • August 2018 1
    • Aug 13, 2018 The Invisible Toll: Mental Trauma and 'Total War' Aug 13, 2018
  • July 2018 9
    • Jul 30, 2018 Secession Documents: Kentucky and Missouri Jul 30, 2018
    • Jul 26, 2018 Secession Documents: Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee Jul 26, 2018
    • Jul 23, 2018 Secession Documents: Arkansas Jul 23, 2018
    • Jul 19, 2018 Secession Documents: Texas Jul 19, 2018
    • Jul 16, 2018 Secession Documents: Georgia Jul 16, 2018
    • Jul 12, 2018 Secession Documents: Alabama Jul 12, 2018
    • Jul 9, 2018 Secession Documents: Mississippi Jul 9, 2018
    • Jul 5, 2018 Secession Documents: South Carolina Jul 5, 2018
    • Jul 2, 2018 Secession Documents: Introduction Jul 2, 2018
  • June 2018 1
    • Jun 18, 2018 Reporting from the SCWH: Plenary Session on Monuments and Memory at Gettysburg NMP Jun 18, 2018
  • May 2018 2
    • May 30, 2018 Reporting from the OAH: The Future of Civil War Scholarship Outside US Borders May 30, 2018
    • May 7, 2018 Civil War Tourism as City Revitalization: Helena, Arkansas May 7, 2018
  • April 2018 2
    • Apr 23, 2018 Hamilton: A Review and Thoughts on Revisionism Apr 23, 2018
    • Apr 18, 2018 The Meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation Apr 18, 2018
  • March 2018 1
    • Mar 12, 2018 The Confederate Monument Controversy….in the 1890s Mar 12, 2018
  • February 2018 2
    • Feb 19, 2018 Historic Site Review: Frogmore Cotton Plantation, Natchez, MS Feb 19, 2018
    • Feb 5, 2018 Mississippi Finally “Bans” Slavery Feb 5, 2018
  • January 2018 2
    • Jan 22, 2018 Material Culture and the Confederate Monument Debate Jan 22, 2018
    • Jan 18, 2018 Top 5 Civil Discourse Posts of 2017! Jan 18, 2018
  • August 2017 2
    • Aug 25, 2017 The South Needs to Commemorate Its Southern Unionists Aug 25, 2017
    • Aug 7, 2017 What Is Your Story? Aug 7, 2017
  • July 2017 3
    • Jul 31, 2017 Flying Dutchmen: The XI Corps at Chancellorsville Jul 31, 2017
    • Jul 17, 2017 The Gettysburg Address: A Call to Action for Historians Jul 17, 2017
    • Jul 3, 2017 War Front and Home Front, Father and Son: A Family’s Contribution to the Civil War (Part II) Jul 3, 2017
  • June 2017 3
    • Jun 26, 2017 War Front and Home Front, Father and Son: A Family’s Contribution to the Civil War (Part I) Jun 26, 2017
    • Jun 19, 2017 History in your Backyard! Jun 19, 2017
    • Jun 12, 2017 "Come and Go with Us": Legacies of Union, Freedom, and Civil War at Yorktown Jun 12, 2017
  • March 2017 1
    • Mar 20, 2017 Reporting from USITT: Curating 101 Mar 20, 2017
  • February 2017 1
    • Feb 13, 2017 Reporting from the AHA: Success Tips for the Academic Job Market Feb 13, 2017
  • January 2017 3
    • Jan 30, 2017 Book Review: The Politics of Mourning by Micki McElya Jan 30, 2017
    • Jan 19, 2017 Civil Discourse Turns Two! Jan 19, 2017
    • Jan 9, 2017 When Did Slavery Really End in the North? Jan 9, 2017
  • December 2016 4
    • Dec 30, 2016 Top Ten Civil Discourse Posts of 2016: #1-5 Dec 30, 2016
    • Dec 29, 2016 Top Ten Civil Discourse Posts of 2016: #6-10 Dec 29, 2016
    • Dec 22, 2016 Diary Disclosures: David Hunter Strother on Civil War Leaders Dec 22, 2016
    • Dec 6, 2016 'A Most Dangerous Precedent:' Charting the Progress of Freedom in the Civil War Dec 6, 2016
  • November 2016 1
    • Nov 29, 2016 Roundtable: Our Favorite Civil War Regiments Nov 29, 2016
  • October 2016 2
    • Oct 19, 2016 Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story? David Ireland and the 137th New York Oct 19, 2016
    • Oct 12, 2016 The "Derangement" and Death of Private Ludwig Salzwedel: A Suicide and Cover-Up in the Civil War Oct 12, 2016
  • September 2016 2
    • Sep 12, 2016 The Great Locomotive Chase: Part IV, The Medal of Honor Sep 12, 2016
    • Sep 5, 2016 The Great Locomotive Chase: Part III, the Raiders’ Fate Sep 5, 2016
  • August 2016 2
    • Aug 29, 2016 The Great Locomotive Chase: Part II, The Chase Aug 29, 2016
    • Aug 22, 2016 The Great Locomotive Chase: Part I, The Plan Aug 22, 2016
  • July 2016 3
    • Jul 25, 2016 Why Some Southern College Campuses Cannot Escape their Confederate Past: The University of Mississippi Jul 25, 2016
    • Jul 15, 2016 "Find Your Park:" The Centennial at Richmond National Battlefield Park Jul 15, 2016
    • Jul 12, 2016 An Anecdote of Suicide (?) Jul 12, 2016
  • June 2016 4
    • Jun 20, 2016 Should Indian Territory Be Considered a Border State? Jun 20, 2016
    • Jun 13, 2016 "In behalf of humanity:" Richard Etheridge, the U.S. Lifesaving Service, and Reconstruction Jun 13, 2016
    • Jun 6, 2016 "Still on Parade:" Civil War Veterans and Civic Expression in Memorial Day Parades Jun 6, 2016
    • Jun 3, 2016 "Find Your Park": The Centennial at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Jun 3, 2016
  • May 2016 6
    • May 31, 2016 Heading to Chattanooga! The 2016 Society of Civil War Historians Conference May 31, 2016
    • May 30, 2016 Secrets of a Cemetery, Part VIII: Final Reflections May 30, 2016
    • May 23, 2016 Secrets of a Cemetery, Part VII: Beyond the Civil War May 23, 2016
    • May 16, 2016 Secrets of a Cemetery, Part VI: Nobody was Untouched by the Civil War May 16, 2016
    • May 9, 2016 Secrets of a Cemetery, Part V: A Brother's War May 9, 2016
    • May 2, 2016 Secrets of a Cemetery, Part IV: The United States Colored Troops May 2, 2016
  • April 2016 4
    • Apr 25, 2016 Secrets of a Cemetery, Part III: Beyond the Field of Battle Apr 25, 2016
    • Apr 18, 2016 Secrets of a Cemetery, Part II: The Toll of Battle Apr 18, 2016
    • Apr 11, 2016 Secrets of a Cemetery, Part I: Beginning in Reflection Apr 11, 2016
    • Apr 4, 2016 Bloody Field, Peaceful Field Apr 4, 2016
  • March 2016 2
    • Mar 22, 2016 Roundtable: Most Influential Books Mar 22, 2016
    • Mar 7, 2016 "A Very Spicy Little Sheet": The Knapsack, A Soldiers' Newspaper and the Politics of War Mar 7, 2016
  • February 2016 6
    • Feb 29, 2016 "In Their Own Country:" The Curious Case of the 8th Virginia, Antietam, and Home Feb 29, 2016
    • Feb 22, 2016 The Changing Face of Reconstruction Feb 22, 2016
    • Feb 15, 2016 Presidents' Day Review-Remembering Lincoln Feb 15, 2016
    • Feb 8, 2016 A (Macabre) Family Affair: The Weavers and the Gettysburg Dead Feb 8, 2016
    • Feb 6, 2016 "Spirit Triumphant" Feb 6, 2016
    • Feb 1, 2016 Prisoners Among the Pines: Texas' Camp Ford Feb 1, 2016
  • January 2016 5
    • Jan 25, 2016 Confederate Iconography, The Next Steps: On Shared Authority, Historical Stewardship, and the Role of the Public Historian Jan 25, 2016
    • Jan 21, 2016 What to do with Confederate Memory? The Confederate Symbols Plenary Session at the American Historical Association Jan 21, 2016
    • Jan 18, 2016 Thoughts from the American Historical Association: Transforming the U.S. Survey Jan 18, 2016
    • Jan 11, 2016 A Beginner's Guide to Researching Your Civil War Ancestor Jan 11, 2016
    • Jan 4, 2016 Civil Discourse's One Year Anniversary! Jan 4, 2016
  • December 2015 4
    • Dec 31, 2015 Top Ten Civil Discourse Posts of 2015: #1-5 Dec 31, 2015
    • Dec 28, 2015 Top Ten Civil Discourse Posts of 2015: #6-10 Dec 28, 2015
    • Dec 14, 2015 Reforming a Nation, Saving the Union: the Problem of “Fallen” Women in Antebellum U.S. Culture Dec 14, 2015
    • Dec 7, 2015 Reporting from the Southern Historical Association: The Boundaries of Reconstruction Dec 7, 2015
  • November 2015 5
    • Nov 30, 2015 Righteous or Riotous? The 2nd Ohio Cavalry and The Crisis Nov 30, 2015
    • Nov 24, 2015 Reporting from the Southern Historical Association: Teaching Civil Rights Nov 24, 2015
    • Nov 9, 2015 The Fall from Little Round Top: Gouverneur Warren and the 1863/1864 Virginia Campaigns Nov 9, 2015
    • Nov 7, 2015 Brother versus Brother Nov 7, 2015
    • Nov 2, 2015 Roundtable: What Civil War Topics Deserve Greater Attention? Nov 2, 2015
  • October 2015 6
    • Oct 26, 2015 The Reconstruction of Billy Mahone Oct 26, 2015
    • Oct 19, 2015 Romanticizing Myths: the Role of Pop Culture in Civil War History Oct 19, 2015
    • Oct 15, 2015 Editorial: Removing Confederate Memory: How Far is Too Far? Oct 15, 2015
    • Oct 12, 2015 Editorial: Are Confederate Veterans United States Veterans? Oct 12, 2015
    • Oct 5, 2015 Confederate Meccas: The Unexpected Legacy of the Civil War in East Tennessee Oct 5, 2015
    • Oct 1, 2015 A Challenge Issued: The Hartwood Church Raid Oct 1, 2015
  • September 2015 4
    • Sep 24, 2015 Is Military History Antiquarianism?: Alexander Rose’s Men of War Sep 24, 2015
    • Sep 21, 2015 Did Robert E. Lee Kill A Man? Did Douglas Southall Freeman Cover It Up? Sep 21, 2015
    • Sep 14, 2015 Stone Heroes North and South: The Connection between Mount Rushmore and Stone Mountain Sep 14, 2015
    • Sep 7, 2015 “There is Nothing so American as our National Parks:” Administering the Civil War Sep 7, 2015
  • August 2015 6
    • Aug 31, 2015 "Gallant Conduct": Young Soldiers in the Civil War, Part IV Aug 31, 2015
    • Aug 24, 2015 "A Comrade Worth Having": Young Soldiers in the Civil War, Part III Aug 24, 2015
    • Aug 17, 2015 "Wrap the World In Fire," Part III: Confederate Foreign Policy with Great Britain Aug 17, 2015
    • Aug 13, 2015 Suicide by Enemy Fire? The Cases of Hill and Garnett Aug 13, 2015
    • Aug 10, 2015 "Wrap the World in Fire," Part II: Union Foreign Policy with Great Britain Aug 10, 2015
    • Aug 3, 2015 "Wrap the World in Fire," Part I: The Possibility of British Intervention in the American Civil War Aug 3, 2015
  • July 2015 9
    • Jul 30, 2015 Book Review: Walt Whitman’s Drum Taps, The Complete 1865 Edition Jul 30, 2015
    • Jul 27, 2015 The Importance of an "Angel": Kirkland at Fredericksburg Jul 27, 2015
    • Jul 23, 2015 Roundtable: The Civil War's Most Influential Event Jul 23, 2015
    • Jul 20, 2015 Calls to Arms: "The" Confederate Flag in American Culture Jul 20, 2015
    • Jul 16, 2015 When Battlefield Killing Becomes Murder: Antietam and Fredericksburg Jul 16, 2015
    • Jul 13, 2015 Surrendering to "Genl Intoxication" Jul 13, 2015
    • Jul 9, 2015 The “great battle which would naturally decide the contest”: John Badger Bachelder and the Creation of Gettysburg Jul 9, 2015
    • Jul 6, 2015 The Creation of Gettysburg National Cemetery Jul 6, 2015
    • Jul 2, 2015 Memories of Hazel Grove: The III Corps at Gettysburg Jul 2, 2015
  • June 2015 11
    • Jun 29, 2015 "I Give Him To Your Charge": Young Soldiers in the Civil War, Part II Jun 29, 2015
    • Jun 25, 2015 Editorial: Charleston, America, and the Confederacy's Legacy Jun 25, 2015
    • Jun 22, 2015 Hidden Gems of Gettysburg Jun 22, 2015
    • Jun 20, 2015 A Different Side of Stuart Jun 20, 2015
    • Jun 18, 2015 Seceeding from the Secessionists: Creating West Virginia Jun 18, 2015
    • Jun 15, 2015 The Power of a Picture: The Burial of Amos Humiston Jun 15, 2015
    • Jun 11, 2015 "Consent in Case of Minor": Young Soldiers in the Civil War, Part I Jun 11, 2015
    • Jun 8, 2015 Slavery? States Rights? Secession. Jun 8, 2015
    • Jun 6, 2015 Passage Through Time Jun 6, 2015
    • Jun 4, 2015 The Unfortunate Case of David O. Dodd: "Arkansas' Boy Martyr" or Fool? Jun 4, 2015
    • Jun 1, 2015 Mental Stress in the Union Army Jun 1, 2015
  • May 2015 11
    • May 28, 2015 The Mayhem & Mystery of May 3: Joseph Hooker and the Battle of Chancellorsville May 28, 2015
    • May 25, 2015 The “Murder” at Shy Mansion: Embalming in the Civil War May 25, 2015
    • May 21, 2015 Scapegoat or Scandal? J.E.B. Stuart and the Battle of Gettysburg May 21, 2015
    • May 18, 2015 A Story of Heroism….And Coffee May 18, 2015
    • May 16, 2015 Dusk at Fairview May 16, 2015
    • May 14, 2015 Turning the “Gate of Hell” into the “Gate of Heaven”: The Secret Andersonville Death Roll of Dorence Atwater May 14, 2015
    • May 12, 2015 A Forgotten Anniversary? The Escape and Capture of Jefferson Davis May 12, 2015
    • May 11, 2015 History on the Honeymoon: Chincoteague in the Civil War May 11, 2015
    • May 7, 2015 Let’s Talk Openly About Slavery: Interpretation at Monticello May 7, 2015
    • May 4, 2015 Sanitary Measure or Unchecked Despotism? The Fourteenth Amendment, the Slaughter-House Cases, and Radical Reconstruction May 4, 2015
    • May 2, 2015 Twilight over Barlow's Knoll May 2, 2015
  • April 2015 12
    • Apr 30, 2015 Burnside's Success: The Battle of New Bern Apr 30, 2015
    • Apr 27, 2015 In the Shadow of Appomattox: The Significance of Bennett Place Apr 27, 2015
    • Apr 23, 2015 Caught in the Crossfire: Civilians at Fredericksburg Apr 23, 2015
    • Apr 20, 2015 "Yankee Candy Would Choke Me": Fredericksburg Occupied!! Apr 20, 2015
    • Apr 16, 2015 The Red Badge of Courage and the 124th NY Apr 16, 2015
    • Apr 14, 2015 The Twilight Between War and Peace: Lincoln’s Assassination One-Hundred and Fifty Years Later Apr 14, 2015
    • Apr 13, 2015 Sesquicentennial Spotlight: After Appomattox Apr 13, 2015
    • Apr 11, 2015 United in Death Apr 11, 2015
    • Apr 9, 2015 “To See What Freedom Meant:” April 9, 1865 (Sesquicentennial Spotlight) Apr 9, 2015
    • Apr 6, 2015 Sesquicentennial Spotlight: Destruction at Sailor's Creek Apr 6, 2015
    • Apr 3, 2015 Sesquicentennial Spotlight: Richmond Occupied! Apr 3, 2015
    • Apr 1, 2015 Sesquicentennial Spotlight: The Battle of Five Forks Apr 1, 2015
  • March 2015 10
    • Mar 30, 2015 Could Slavery Have Died a Peaceful Death? Mar 30, 2015
    • Mar 26, 2015 Experiencing the War: The Soldier's View Mar 26, 2015
    • Mar 23, 2015 Approaching Appomattox: Evaluating the Future of the Civil War at the Close of the Sesquicentennial Mar 23, 2015
    • Mar 19, 2015 Patriotism in Print: The American Union, A Soldier's Wartime Paper Mar 19, 2015
    • Mar 16, 2015 Historical Context: A Response to Gordon Wood Mar 16, 2015
    • Mar 14, 2015 Hoping for Freedom Mar 14, 2015
    • Mar 12, 2015 "A Sunken House with Nothing but the Roof Above the Tide:" Rebuilding the CSS Virginia Mar 12, 2015
    • Mar 9, 2015 Suing for Freedom: The Dred Scott Case Mar 9, 2015
    • Mar 5, 2015 The Civil War Sesquicentennial: Commemoration in the Digital Age Mar 5, 2015
    • Mar 2, 2015 Bringing Some Gold to the Civil War: Let’s Talk About California Mar 2, 2015
  • February 2015 13
    • Feb 28, 2015 Storm Clouds Gather Feb 28, 2015
    • Feb 26, 2015 Reforming a Nation, Saving the Union: The Development of Eastern State Penitentiary Feb 26, 2015
    • Feb 23, 2015 The First Battle of the Civil War? The Battle of Philippi Feb 23, 2015
    • Feb 19, 2015 A New Yorker's Thoughts on Teaching the Civil War in the South Feb 19, 2015
    • Feb 16, 2015 The Long and Wild Ride of William Woods Averell Feb 16, 2015
    • Feb 14, 2015 To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds Feb 14, 2015
    • Feb 13, 2015 Which Lincoln is Your Lincoln? Feb 13, 2015
    • Feb 12, 2015 Sculpting the Lincoln Image: The Lincoln Memorial and Mount Rushmore in Popular Memory Feb 12, 2015
    • Feb 10, 2015 Looking for the American Dream: Lincoln Statues in the Great Depression Feb 10, 2015
    • Feb 9, 2015 Illegal Lincoln? Abraham Lincoln and Habeas Corpus Feb 9, 2015
    • Feb 9, 2015 Lincoln Week Feb 9, 2015
    • Feb 5, 2015 Memorable Days: The Costs of War through the Eyes of a Free Black Woman Feb 5, 2015
    • Feb 2, 2015 Not Who, But How: Civil War Loyalty Feb 2, 2015
  • January 2015 11
    • Jan 31, 2015 Sesquicentennial Spotlight: The 13th Amendment Passes the House Jan 31, 2015
    • Jan 26, 2015 “To think of the subject unmans me:” Grief and Soldiering Through the Experience of Henry Livermore Abbott Jan 26, 2015
    • Jan 22, 2015 Schoolhouse Rock and Executive Powers Jan 22, 2015
    • Jan 19, 2015 Memorable Days: The Battle of Gettysburg through the Eyes of a Free Black Woman Jan 19, 2015
    • Jan 17, 2015 A View of Dunker Church Jan 17, 2015
    • Jan 14, 2015 Sesquicentennial Spotlight: The Fall of Fort Fisher and the Confederacy's Collapse Jan 14, 2015
    • Jan 12, 2015 Memorable Days: The Civil War through the Eyes of a Free Black Woman Jan 12, 2015
    • Jan 8, 2015 18,000: A Comparison of May 3, 1863 and May 12, 1864 Jan 8, 2015
    • Jan 5, 2015 "Coming to Terms with Civil War Military History": A Response Jan 5, 2015
    • Jan 1, 2015 The Blue and Gray in Black and White: The Media’s Portrayal of Veterans during the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Jan 1, 2015
    • Jan 1, 2015 Happy New Year from Civil Discourse! Jan 1, 2015
  • December 2014 1
    • Dec 2, 2014 Welcome to Civil Discourse Dec 2, 2014
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