The journal of record for the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Eras. An open access publication of the LSU Libraries.
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"This book is deeply researched and engaging, offering much to abolitionist historiography.... This is a book that I am so glad was written and one that I will long think about."—@CWBookReview on Frank Cirillo's "The Abolitionist Civil War"
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Happy Birthday Robert Smalls!
On this day in 1839 his mother, Lydia, couldn’t have imagined that her son would eventually come to own the land on which they were once enslaved, or that he’d call that land his home as a sitting US Congressman. – at Gettysburg, PA
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Thanks to @CWBookReview for the chance to contribute to the most recent issue. Here’s a link to the review I wrote repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol2…
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Just after noon today in 1863, President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, a wartime measure freeing enslaved persons held in any states or portion of states in rebellion against the U.S. government. Image of original document in National Archives.
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General Sherman's troops arrive at the outer defenses of Savannah, GA today in 1864. Leadership in Washington doesn't yet know this since Sherman has been purposely incommunicado since the start of his March to the Sea.
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"Scholars of slavery have long bemoaned the lack of sources available from the enslaved perspective, but that holds true only when we maintain a rigidly narrow definition of the archive."
Guest post by @whitney_nell on Seeking Alternative Archives to Better Understand the Past⤵️
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#OnThisDay in 1864 US Army troops, including 6 regiments of United States Colored Troops (USCTs), Marines, and Navy, attacked Confederate forces at the Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina.
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"For more than 160 years the world has been awash in Civil War letters and reminiscences of battles... Some of these collections of letters stand out as valuable, poignant, and important, and the present volume is one of them."—@CWBookReview: Vol. 25 : Iss. 3 #USCivilWar
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Tomorrow at @RAIOxford we're discussing a paper from @BronwenEverill, 'They Cry Liberty: Imperial Crisis and Revolution in Atlantic Africa' - 4pm in the downstairs seminar room, wine to follow!
I took her visit as a prompt to look at her excellent 2020 book, 'Not Made by Slaves'
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"A New History of the American South," ed. by W. Fitzhugh Brundage, is a "monumental achievement that is certain to stand as a statement of the field for the near future," writes Aaron David Hyams in our latest #BookReview. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4u2mf5zz #CivilWar
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Like many other Americans, they fought to prove themselves in battle and defend democracy, but they also fought to escape from the punishing rigors of Indian boarding schools and prove their patriotism.
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#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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Fire-Eater's Fantasy: Edmund Ruffin’s 1860 book predicted a Civil War from which the South emerged triumphant. When his dream of a Confederate nation failed, Ruffin committed suicide.
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I had a great time doing this podcasr
Why did Kentuckians vote for a Democrat during the Civil War?
Dr. J. Matthew Gallman (@May201856 @UF)
shares his research at the Kentucky Historical Society in our new podcast episode.
Stream Kentucky Chronicles on YouTube music here:
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Check out this piece in @CWBookReview on Michael D. Pierson's "The Wild Woman of Cincinnati: Gender and Politics on the Eve of the Civil War." bit.ly/40k1eda
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Lincoln issues a proclamation today in 1864 which admits the new state of Nevada into the Union. Source: presidency.ucsb.edu/document…