7+ hour, 50+ min ago  (298+ words) I am thrilled to announce that you can now pre-order my forthcoming book, A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. The book is being published by The University of North Carolina Press and will officially…...

19+ hour, 29+ min ago  (439+ words) First, I want to thank all of you for your kind words in response to today's earlier post. It was an opportunity for me to better understand what you value about this site and some of the subjects that you…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (307+ words) If you've been reading Civil War Memory on the free tier for a while, I have a simple question for you and I'm asking it genuinely, not as a sales pitch. I'll be upfront about why I'm asking. I love…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (165+ words) This is why major steps have been made when acknowledging slavery at Washington's Mount Vernon, Jefferson's Monticello and Madison's Montpelier. The tours and displays they feature are lightyears from where they were when we were growing up. It speaks to…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (244+ words) General William T. Sherman famously said an army marches on its stomach. This writer marches on coffee and motivation. Both supply lines have been severed. Operations will resume tomorrow. In the meantime, catch up on all the great content published last…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (195+ words) Matt Walsh Finds the "Real History" of the Civil War or Why the Archive Is Not a Mirror'Civil War Memory Historical sources do not speak for themselves. They are mute until a historian, armed with context, method, and judgment, gives…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (204+ words) Frank Vizetelly's illustration titled "Night Amusements in the Confederate Camp" appeared in the Illustrated London News on January 10, 1863. It was one among a number of wartime scenes that Vizetelly captured for the newspaper. Following the war, the illustration appeared in…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago  (245+ words) Some thoughts about the importance of contingency in history and the humility necessary to acknowledge it. By the way, I also think that even if the Civil War hadn't doomed slavery in the U.S., in the long run it was doomed....

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (382+ words) I completed my review of the copy edits for my forthcoming biography of Col. Robert Gould Shaw with the University of North Carolina Press. A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw will be published on…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (1216+ words) Note: This is a long post. If your email provider cuts it off before the end, make sure to click through to read this post in its entirety at Substack. Yesterday The Washington Post published a story about newly linked…...