Happy to get my hands on the latest from @civilwarjon.bsky.social and Lucas Morel.

Thanks to friends and colleagues who helped promote my first book, Counting the Cost of Freedom! (Especially those here, where I don't post much.) @kringelberg.bsky.social @archiecrowley.bsky.social @gauthamrao.bsky.social @rkdcolby86.bsky.social

Getting ready for my Readings in the Civil War Era class. Excited to dive into some great books this semester with my grad students.

Fantastic resource for historians: a spreadsheet of NARA's digitized microfilm, with links to the files in the Archives catalog. May it help you as much as it has helped me. www.archives.gov/files/colleg...

NERFC roadtrip stop #4: the New Hampshire Historical Society.

NERFC Fellowship stop #3: the Maine Historical Society.

Day 2 of my NERFC roadtrip: looking for breadcrumbs in Dartmouth College's stunning Rauner Library.

Check out the call for papers for the 2026 Society of Civil War Historians Conference (Richmond, June 18-20)! If you're not sure where to start, you can find the panel builder tool and connect with others looking to submit. Deadline is 9/15! scwh.memberclicks.net/biennial-con...

Stop one on my New England Regional Fellowship Consortium road trip: Williams College's Chapin Library. Gorgeous day to be in Western Massachusetts!

"Fighting Joe" or "Fighting, Joe"?

First time at the Boston Athenaeum, and it's hard to imagine a more beautiful place in which to do research. Grateful for the support of a Loring Fellowship allowing me to do so.

Thrilled to be kicking off my time this morning as the Suzanne and Caleb Loring Research Fellow @mhs1791.bsky.social!

Congratulations, @jonathansjones.bsky.social! Can't wait to read it!

NARA informing historians they can't park directly at Archives II anymore:

29/141 2025 Official Submission #MAAHStoneAtoZ

Had a wonderful weekend in Columbus, MS at the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters banquet. Honored to have received the 2025 prize for nonfiction! @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Had a wonderful weekend in Columbus, MS at the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters banquet. Honored to have received the 2025 prize for nonfiction! @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Excited to check out the latest from Craig Friend, arriving via @uncpress.bsky.social!

The front cover is complete -- with a fantastic blurb from @rkdcolby86.bsky.social! "Deeply moving, sometimes shocking, and sure to provoke deep reflection..."

Deadline approaching this Friday, June 6! Please consider submitting!

Our deadline is coming up this Friday (6/6)! It's going to be a great conference, featuring a keynote from @arielagross.bsky.social and conversation with @gauthamrao.bsky.social, Anne Twitty, and Cynthia Nicoletti. Please apply, and please share! @jcwe.bsky.social @joursouhist.bsky.social

Our deadline is coming up this Friday (6/6)! It's going to be a great conference, featuring a keynote from @arielagross.bsky.social and conversation with @gauthamrao.bsky.social, Anne Twitty, and Cynthia Nicoletti. Please apply, and please share! @jcwe.bsky.social @joursouhist.bsky.social

One week remains to submit for the Center for Civil War Research's 2025 conference, "New Directions in the Legal History of the Civil War Era," happening in Oxford, MS Oct. 16-18. Details below; please share! @jcwe.bsky.social @joursouhist.bsky.social @historians.org olemiss.edu/civil-war-re...

Please consider applying to the Center for Civil War Research's upcoming conference, New Directions in the Legal History of the Civil War Era, in Oxford, MS on 10/16-18! It's going to be a great program! Deadline is Friday, 6/6! Please share widely! Details below! olemiss.edu/civil-war-re...

The deadline for The Center for Civil War Research's 2025 conference approaches! We'll be looking at the legal history of the CW era, defined broadly. If you're working on something in this area, please consider applying! olemiss.edu/civil-war-re...

The deadline for The Center for Civil War Research's 2025 conference approaches! We'll be looking at the legal history of the CW era, defined broadly. If you're working on something in this area, please consider applying! olemiss.edu/civil-war-re...

Congratulations to @cnzander.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book on the Civil War from the Center for Civil War Research at the University of Mississippi! olemiss.edu/civil-war-re...

Congratulations to @cnzander.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book on the Civil War from the Center for Civil War Research at the University of Mississippi! olemiss.edu/civil-war-re...

Our most enthusiastic congratulations to Edda Fields-Black and everyone who helped bring COMBEE to life! The 2025 Pulitzer committee called it "a richly-textured and revelatory account of a slave rebellion": https://oxford.ly/44XGZX4 #History

As we finish the spring semester and look ahead to the fall, I just wanted to say that if you are assigning An Unholy Traffic in your course, I'd be delighted Zoom about it with your students! I've had a great time talking to students this spring and would love to talk to yours.

Looking forward to reading the latest from @uncpress.bsky.social!

Congratulations, @jonathansjones.bsky.social! Can't wait see this in print!

Thrilled and honored to share that my book has won the 2025 Nau Book Prize from @naucivilwar.bsky.social!

Thrilled and honored to share that my book has won the 2025 Nau Book Prize from @naucivilwar.bsky.social!

*Starts reading Civil War newspapers to confirm details for a one-paragraph anecdote.*

Your Monday morning, end-of-the-semester reminder that the Center for Civil War Research at the University of Mississippi is holding a conference this fall on Legal Histories of the Civil War era. We welcome paper and panel submissions! Please reach out with any questions!

The Center for Civil War Research is proud to present the 2025 Burnham Lecture, today, 5pm, in the Overby Center Auditorium. Please join us for Dr. Lorien Foote's presentation. All are welcome!

What an absolute pleasure to join @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social and the Oxford University Press team in celebrating Edda Fields-Black's Lincoln Prize-winning Combee last night. Congratulations, Edda, and thanks to GLI for inviting finalists to take part!

The Center for Civil War Research is hosting a conference this fall on Legal Histories of the Civil War Era! It's shaping up to be a great event (keynote from @arielagross.bsky.social and a fantastic roundtable)! We welcome papers on any CW era legal topic! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Via @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social CFP: New Directions in the Legal History of the Civil War Era legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/cfp-...

Excited to share that my book, An Unholy Traffic, has won the 2025 nonfiction award from the Mississippi Institute for Arts and Letters! www.ms-arts-letters.org/winners.html

The Center for Civil War Research is hosting a conference this fall on Legal Histories of the Civil War Era! It's shaping up to be a great event (keynote from @arielagross.bsky.social and a fantastic roundtable)! We welcome papers on any CW era legal topic! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Excited to share that my book, An Unholy Traffic, has won the 2025 nonfiction award from the Mississippi Institute for Arts and Letters! www.ms-arts-letters.org/winners.html

Thrilled to welcome Lorien Foote to Oxford in a few weeks for the Center for Civil War Research's 2025 Burnham Lecture. If you're in the area, please join us for what should be a great talk on dogs in the Department of the South!

Thrilled to welcome Lorien Foote to Oxford in a few weeks for the Center for Civil War Research's 2025 Burnham Lecture. If you're in the area, please join us for what should be a great talk on dogs in the Department of the South!

Grad students and early-career Civil War scholars! Please consider submitting for the Kaye Memorial Essay Prize. It's a great opportunity.

The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. I'll post again when the link is up on the Muster, but wanted to get the word out now. See CFP. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️

One year ago today, I received the first copies of my, An Unholy Traffic. It's been a joy to share it with you all this year, and I'm grateful to everyone who's taken the time to read it and engage with it!

One year ago today, I received the first copies of my, An Unholy Traffic. It's been a joy to share it with you all this year, and I'm grateful to everyone who's taken the time to read it and engage with it!