Many thanks to Tim Talbott and Emerging Civil War for the detailed review of my "Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military 1861-1865". You can read what Tim has to say about the book here: emergingcivilwar.com/2025/07/03/b...

Thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Chris Mackowski on the Emerging Civil War podcast about Phil Sheridan’s performance during the Appomattox Campaign. Many thanks to Chris for having me on the show. emergingcivilwar.com/2025/11/25/e...

Many thanks to the Civil War Roundtable of Gettysburg. I had a great time speaking there during last week's meeting held at the Adams County Historical Society at Gettysburg. Great group and great venue - lots of fun. #gettysburg #history @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @destinationgettysburg.com

If you love books but don't like reading ... this is now available in audio from @tantoraudio.bsky.social and @univpressofkansas.bsky.social. #historybookchat #history #civilwar #gettysburg #militaryhistory

If you love books but don't like reading ... this is now available in audio from @tantoraudio.bsky.social and @univpressofkansas.bsky.social. #historybookchat #history #civilwar #gettysburg #militaryhistory

Currently listening to Gettysburg's Southern Front in preparation for a talk on Thursday. Strange to hear someone else read your stuff - but I think David Colacci did a great job. To me, he sounds a little like David McCullough.

Oct. 27 ...

New in audio from @tantoraudio.bsky.social and @univpressofkansas.bsky.social. Read by J. Rodney Turner.

New in audio from @tantoraudio.bsky.social and @univpressofkansas.bsky.social. Read by J. Rodney Turner.

Audiobook is now available from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social and @tantoraudio.bsky.social. Narrated by David Colacci.

Audiobook is now available from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social and @tantoraudio.bsky.social. Narrated by David Colacci.

Calton Hill, Edinburgh …

The sample is up. The release date is October 7. From @univpressofkansas.bsky.social tantor.com/gettysburgs-...

Preorder: upress.virginia.edu/title/10095/

Audio version now available for preorder. @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social

OTD: July 1, 1863 As the armies begin their clash at Gettysburg, U.S. forces east of Richmond lunge at Robert E. Lee's supply line and D.H. Hill comes out to meet them at Crump's Crossroads. #Gettysburg @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

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I had a great time talking about the Petersburg Campaign at the annual Civil War seminar hosted by Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and Longwood University earlier this year in Farmville. www.c-span.org/program/the-...

Restocking I like to hand these out at talks because it contains the best battle accounts no one has ever heard of before ... as well as mentions of 19th Century civil service reform and the Readjuster movement. The paperback version from @uvapress.bsky.social came out recently.

Happy to report that my book about North Carolina in 1864 from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social is coming out in audio soon. www.audible.com/pd/B0F691KJ8...

The “under the desk” pile this morning.

Current Read: By Michael Vorenberg from Knopf. Really enjoying this one - highly recommend it. #histbookchart #history

Nice sale from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social - some great titles are 70% off.

More maps today. Trying out some new elevations. A work in progress. And this one is ...

In Charleston to speak at the Fort Sumter, Civil War Round Table tomorrow. Out and about today enjoying the sights and the sites.

Working on some maps today ...

Cumberland Church Visit (Appomattox Campaign) Many thanks to Dirk Warner and Patrick Schroeder for showing me around the Cumberland Church battlefield today. We went deep today discussing battle lines, earthworks, troop movements, relics, and cattle feeding.

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Earthworks in your neighborhood - RVA's North Side.

Many thanks to the Civil War Round Table of Milwaukee for a wonderful evening at the Wisconsin Club last night where I spoke about the Blackberry Raid and my book Gettysburg's Southern Front from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social. Stunning venue, great pre-game, and fantastic audience.

New Bern letter from 1862 (Paul Farthing, 37th NC). William Griffing posts an amazing number of previously-unpublished Civil War letters at his website Spared and Shared - check it out. #history #civilwar

Currently reading … @univpressofkansas.bsky.social #histbookchat

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Airplane reading … @univpressofkansas.bsky.social #histbookchat

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Some good garden talk from my friend Leslie Harris. Check out the podcast ...

Check out historian Judkin Browning's site - "Tarheel Troops." Some great resources there including a database of NC deserters. www.tarheeltroops.org #history #civilwar #northcarolina

On this morning 162 years ago thousands of Black South Carolinians gathered for a celebration of newfound freedom. After a reading of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation at Camp Saxton they broke into song - the words of My Country Tis of Thee echoing through a live oak grove on a former plantation.

Coastal Division.