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The scholarship of secession
Thanks to Civil Warriors for providing the link to a article in the recent issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. This article was quite good and raised a few interesting thoughts for me about the state of scholarship on the South and Civil War,...
I’m in print
Sorry everyone for not posting lately, but I have been quite busy with graduate school, but hope to put out a couple book reviews very soon. I did want to share some awesome news that I would have put out on Monday, if my laptop had not contracted a ...
Updated link to free unedited copy of Abraham Lincoln: A Life
If anyone is still out looking for the free unedited copy of Michael Burlingame’s Abraham Lincoln: A Life, the link has bee updated. The first volume can be downloaded here. Happy reading to everyone who has not yet checked out this work. Also ...
Civil War reading recommended by the US Army
The fine folks at the US Army’s Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth have several bibliographies relating to military science and history, including Dr. Robert Berlin’s Historical Bibliography No. 8:Military Classics (1991...
Donating my work
I wanted to let you all know that while I was visiting Illinois, I donated a copy of my thesis to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield. This is not because I necessarily believe that my work is so great that everyone must read it, ...
New York Historical Society Exhibit “Lincoln and New York” to open in October
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO PRESENT THE LANDMARK EXHIBITION LINCOLN AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 9, 2009 – MARCH 25, 2010 Historical Society’s Lincoln Year Celebrations to Culminate with the First In-Depth Exploration of the Intertwined Careers of Am...
Free Access to Lincoln Biography
First, thanks to Brett at TOCWOC and the gang over at Civil Warriors for sharing this news. Knox College is making an unedited PDF version of Michael Burlingame’s 2008 two-volume biography Abraham Lincoln: A Life, which was published by John Ho...
We Wish to be Remembered
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the hero of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863, said in his 1884 Memorial Day Address,[1] “We wish to be remembered. Willing to die, we are not willing to be forgotten.” How th...
Society of Civil War Historians - Call for Papers
The Society of Civil War Historians is calling for papers for their conference June 17 -19, 2010 in Richmond, Virginia. http://scwh.la.psu.edu/call_for_papers.html Deadline for paper proposals is September 15, 2009. ...
The Naval Civil War Encyclopedia
ABC-CLIO/GREENWOOD/PRAEGER PUBLISHING Military History Series March 17, 2009 Dear Colleague: Once more, we are at the beginning stage of a new military history project, The Naval Civil War Encyclopedia. Attached is an entry list of topics ...
Civil War Naval Encyclopedia
Hello ABC-CLIO publishers have initiated a project for a Civil War Naval Encyclopedia. Spencer Tucker is the lead editor on the project. Paul Pierpaoli and myself are assistant editors. We should have the final headword list completed this week....
Considering the rifled musket
I am currently taking a readings class on Material Culture, which interprets the past through objects, as opposed to strictly documents. In addition to various readings, we also are expected to prepare three source reports and a paper. The first sour...
Another exhibit in the New York City area
Here’s another great exhibit in the New York City area that was sent to me by Timothy Wroten of the New York Historical Society. We have a great Civil War show at New-York Historical Society called “Grant and Lee in War and Peace”. ...
Federal Baked Ovens - Life on Union Gunboats
Here is a brief excerpt on some research I have been doing on the Union river sailors and they’re experiences aboard the gunboat fleet. Tight quarters surrounded by iron plating, boilers with an insatiable appetite for coal, poor ventilation...
Some interesting articles from the Oxford University Press blog
I received the following email concerning articles celebrating the Lincoln bicentennial from Megan Branch, an intern working for the blog. Consider these posts for your reading pleasure. An excerpt from James McPherson’s ABRAHAM LINCOLN: http://blo...
RARE AND IMPORTANT LINCOLN MANUSCRIPTS GO ON DISPLAY AT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 12
I was sent the following email from Timothy Wroten of the New York Historical Society and thought I should pass it on to you. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RARE AND IMPORTANT LINCOLN MANUSCRIPTS GO ON DISPLAY AT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 12 A...
A worthwhile investment
Part of being a historian is being active in the field and one of the ways to get active is to be a member of a professional association or society. I am currently a member of the Society for Military History and the Army Historical Foundation (sorry...
A virtual Civil War Roundtable?
I have been thinking lately, especially with having a presence on the web and Facebook, about Civil War Round Tables. These groups consist of members, who get together on a regular basis and discuss topics relating to the war. They often include a sp...
Get published for the New Year
Authors are needed for a new encyclopedia on military history and propaganda. The work will cover U.S. military history from colonial times to the present. There are Civil War entries still available. The encyclopedia is being published by ABC-...
Lincoln and His Admirals
Civil War literature is copious. This is both a blessing and a curse for civil war buffs and scholars. One facet of civil war historiography that is attracting more attention is naval operations. This is a subject I am very much interested in; ...
Grant moves South-again
According to CivilWarriors, the U. S. Grant Association and collection has been removed from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) and is now on the campus of Mississippi State University. The new executive director, John Marszalek, who w...
A new birth of scholarship
Sorry, I could not resist the play on words. I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday and are enjoying the end of the year. As we approach 2009, I can not help but think about the coming bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. I must say that I am...
Presenting my thesis
I have been meaning to do this for a while, but now I can actually post my thesis. I have had it in an electronic form for a while, but was hesitant to put it online out of fear that some unprincipled person would attempt to pass it off as their own....
The end of semester is near
Hey everyone, sorry I have not posted for a few days, but I am quite busy finishing up assignments for classes and they take more precedence than posting to the blog. Rest assured, I plan to have something more substantive up next week, if not sooner...
Interview with David H. Jones
After writing my review of Two Brothers, One North, One South, I found that I had some questions about the book that only the author could answer, so I contacted David H. Jones and put forth the following questions, which he was gracious enough to an...
Worth a thousand words
As promised, I am posting a picture with James McPherson and I from last Thursday. I have also added a couple of pictures of the event to show you how fun it was. Enjoy. Thanks Dr. McPherson for visiting with us and answering our questions. ...
Video of my afternoon with James McPherson
As promised, I am posting the video of yesterday afternoon’s seminar with noted historian James McPherson. When I have my photo with him emailed to me, I will post that as well. My question, I’ll admit now, was a bit odd, but related to t...
Meeting a legend
Okay readers, the wait is over! So, who did I get to meet today? None other than Dr. James M. McPherson. You read right, I said James McPherson, author of numerous books on the Civil War, including Battle Cry of Freedom. Dr. McPherson was in Fargo, N...
The Civil War in the classroom
Given this very interesting post by Brett, I thought I would bring up an interesting couple of ideas for teaching the war in the classroom and see what you all think. While understanding slavery and emancipation are essential to understanding the war...
Blue Star Service Flag
Like Dan, I am currently writing some encyclopedia entries for Dr. William Pencak. I just finished one on the Blue Star Mothers of America. For those of you who do not know, the tradition of hanging a blue star service flag in the window was starte...
