The Journal of the Civil War Era
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The JCWE—published by @uncpress.bsky.social and @richardscenter.bsky.social —is home to the most creative new work on the many issues raised by slavery, the sectional crisis, war, emancipation, and Reconstruction. https://tinyurl.com/4hnmffeu
In today's Muster, David Ballantyne and Charles Lane recalculate the Colfax Massacre's death toll www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/07/how-...
How Many Died in the Colfax Massacre? - The Journal of the Civil War Era
On April 13, 1873 approximately 140 heavily armed white men, led by ex-Confederate officers, attacked a roughly equal number of Black men occupying the courthouse in Colfax, seat of Grant Parish, Loui...
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In today's Muster, Daniel Crofts highlights the importance of Kentanji Brown Jackson's concurrence to the Supreme Court's majority decision on Trump v. Barbara (2026) www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/07/reas...
Reasons for Hope: Kentanji Brown Jackson, Civil War Era History, and the Supreme Court’s Struggle over the Second Founding - The Journal of the Civil War Era
You didn’t expect this. Part of a majority segment of a U.S. Supreme Court decision—that is, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s concurrence in the birthright citizenship case—builds upon and amplifies t...
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In today's Muster, Kris Plunkett reflects on the place of the Lost Cause in Cherokee memory of the Civil War www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/07/the-...
The Stand Watie Monument, the Lost Cause, and Oklahoma Cherokee Memory of the Civil War - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In 1921, the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in honor of Stand Watie and the Cherokee soldiers he led, inscribed: “Only full blood indian[sic] Brig. Gen. ...
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In today's Muster, we congratulate Amy Murrell Taylor for winning the @richardscenter.bsky.social Prize for the best article published in the @jcwe.bsky.social . Congratulations Dr. Taylor! www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/anno...
Announcing the Winner of the 2025 George and Ann Richards Prize - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Amy Murrell Taylor has won the $1,000 George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2025. The article, “More Than a ‘Pile of Rude Boards’: Space, ...
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In today's Muster, Michael Wise examines the role of providence and prestige as pillars of proslavery religion in the Civil War era South www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/prov...
Providence and Prestige: Misguided Faith and Ambition in Southern Defenses of Slavery - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In his November 1860 sermon, “Slavery a Divine Trust: Duty of the South to Preserve and Perpetuate It,” Benjamin Morgan Palmer argued that the providential trust was “to conserve and to perpetuate the...
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In today's Muster, Drew Baird examines the role of the Union Pacific in shaping the Greater Reconstruction in the American West www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/a-po...
A Power in the Land: Union Pacific in the Greater Reconstruction - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Railroads have long been subjects of Civil War era studies. Scholars have cast them as promoters of growth before the conflict, agents of capacity and connection during the war itself, and instruments...
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The June 2026 issue of @jcwe.bsky.social is a special one focused on the social history of the law in Brazil. The articles are currently free to read: www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/june2026/
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Volume 16, No. 2 June 2026 Special Issue: “Noisy Archives: Race and the Social History of the Law in Brazil” This special issue examines how Brazilian historians have engaged with legal sources to rec...
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In today's Muster, Cassandra Jane Werking examines the long history of Fort Pickens and its place in Florida and national memory www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/stan...
Stand Firm Like Fort Pickens: Confederate Florida and the Long Struggle over Unionist Memory - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Despite being in Confederate Florida, United States Fort Pickens repelled enemy attempts to gain control of the Union holdout. Situated on the bay of Pensacola, Fort Pickens remained in U.S. control f...
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In today's Muster, JCWE editor Megan Bever interviews author Ian Delahanty about his recent book, Embracing Emancipation www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/05/jcwe...
JCWE Conversation with Ian Delahanty - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, JCWE associate editor Megan Bever interviews Ian Delahanty. Delahanty is an associate professor of history at Springfield College and the author of Embracing Emancipation: A Transat...
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Please check out this special issue. It reflects both an expansive vision of the Civil War era and a deep-seated approach to scholarly collaboration
UNC Press@uncpress.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe latest issue of @jcwe.bsky.social on the social history of the law in Brazil is live and available to read for FREE on @projectmuse.bsky.social 🙌 Read it here👇 muse.jhu.edu/issue/56841
With today’s Supreme Court decision drawing attention to the Voting Rights Act, we’re revisiting a 2020 #AHAPerspectives piece by Julian Zelizer: “The right to vote is the most basic element of a healthy democracy… we have done immense damage in dismantling it.”
So Far Away from 1965 – AHA
The 1965 Voting Rights Act worked but its promise has never been fulfilled.
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In today's Muster, Brook Thomas reflects on Birthright Citizenship and postbellum debates around the idea of allegiance www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/04/birt...
Birthright Citizenship and Allegiance - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Birthright citizenship is controlled by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of t...
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Don't delay -- application materials should be sent to RichardsCenter@psu.edu by TOMORROW, April 15! The @richardscenter.bsky.social and @jcwe.bsky.social announce a journal article workshop for advanced graduate students, recent PhDs, assistant professors, and independent scholars.
In today's Muster, William Horne examines the harrowing story of Margaret Cathrine Murphy, a woman who posed as a man to enlist in the Union Army www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/04/i-wa...
“I Was Detected by My Laugh”: The Brief Military Career of Margaret Cathrine Murphy - The Journal of the Civil War Era
CW: sexual violence and self-harm On May 17, 1863, Margaret Cathrine Murphy found herself in an unlikely situation: being interrogated as a spy while imprisoned in Annapolis. As she explained, she was...
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What does the Fourteenth Amendment actually say about birthright citizenship? AHA member Kate Masur breaks down its historical foundations as the Supreme Court takes up the issue. 🗃️ #history #humanities #SCOTUS
NU professor Kate Masur on U.S. Supreme Court taking up birthright citizenship
The U.S. Supreme Court is set Wednesday to weigh in on President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. Northwestern University professor and historian Kate Masur joins Dana Kozlov to ...
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about birthright citizenship. Here, for the NYTimes and with Kate Masur, I offer a view of what those of you who think historically should be listening for. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...
Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was for ‘the Babies of Slaves.’ He’s Wrong.
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Why is protecting a universal birthright citizenship principle so critical? Historians @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social shed light on one answer with the words of Abraham Lincoln:
If you are an advanced graduate student, recent PhD, assistant professor, or independent scholar with a Civil War Era research topic, please consider applying for this workshop.
Richards Center Penn State@richardscenter.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe @richardscenter.bsky.social and @jcwe.bsky.social announce a journal article workshop for advanced graduate students, recent PhDs, assistant professors, and independent scholars. Application materials should be sent to RichardsCenter@psu.edu by April 15, 2026!
In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever talks with Maria Angela Diaz about her book Continuous State of War, published in 2004 by UGA Press www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/03/jcwe...
JCWE Conversation with Maria Angela Diaz - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor talks with Angela Diaz about her book, Continuous State of War: Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War-Era Gulf South, which was published by UGA P...
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Advanced graduate students, the deadline for the Richards Center's Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship in the history of the Civil War Era has been extended to March 15, 2026. If you are working on any subject that considers the Civil War broadly, please consider applying.
In today's Muster, William Horne provides a close reading of a pension dispute within the Maryland Freedmen's Bureau records and highlights the ongoing struggle over gender, race, and rights in the postbellum South. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/02/the-...
The Unspendable Pension of Henrietta Emory Meads - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Sometime in July 1867, Henrietta Emory wrote to a clerk in the Claim Division of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau describing the challenges she had faced in trying to get money due to her as a soldier’s...
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The SCWH Grad Student Connections Comm is pleased to announce a discussion with @jcwe.bsky.social co-editor @gregdowns.bsky.social. Dr. Downs will discuss publishing your article with the JCWE, article publishing tips, and take questions: us06web.zoom.us/j/8857214479...
Now available for free! Please check out this important special issue. Now more than ever, the Civil War era provides us with important lessons for our harrowing current moment
UNC Press@uncpress.bsky.social · 6mo agoWhat Is To Be Done? Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis a special Issue of @jcwe.bsky.social is available to READ FOR FREE now on @projectmuse.bsky.social. 18 Civil War–era historians reflect on scholarship, teaching & today’s political crisis. Read it now👇 muse.jhu.edu/journal/516
The SCWH Graduate Student Connections Committee is hosting an interview with Dr. Gregory Downs, @jcwe.bsky.social co-editor, about publishing with the Journal of the Civil War Era. Please attend and come with questions! The virtual event is February 27, 5-6 EST: us06web.zoom.us/j/8857214479...
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The SCWH Grad Student Connections Comm is pleased to announce a discussion with @jcwe.bsky.social co-Editor Dr. Greg Downs. @gregdowns.bsky.social will discuss publishing your article with the JCWE, article publishing tips, and take questions from you. Zoom Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8857214479...
Don't Delay -- Apply TODAY for one of the 2026-2027 Predoctoral Fellowships! Deadline for submitting application packet is March 1, 2026! Please help share this amazing opportunity to be a part of the Richards Center Community!! richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
In today's Muster, Karl Miller examines the Reconstruction-era roots of the Animal Rights Movement www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/02/a-te...
A Tentative Start: Animal Rights in Florida During Reconstruction - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Shortly after the end of the Civil War, Florida wrote a new state constitution and held elections to seat a legislature. Tasked with handling the issues that arose in postbellum Florida society, the l...
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In today's Muster, ongoing contributor Elliott Martin writes about Henry 'Box' Brown and Richmond's public history landscape www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/01/henr...
Henry 'Box Brown: Tobacco Worker, Stage Magician, Tourist Attraction - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Henry ‘Box’ Brown had a variety of identities in his life-tobacco factory worker, escaped slave, abolitionist, lecturer, and touring panoramist and entertainer on the English stage. In recent years, a...
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We are excited to welcome these new members to the board! And deeply thankful for the service of our past board members 🙏
Society of Civil War Historians@scwhistorians.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe new @jcwe.bsky.social board lineup is 🔥🔥
