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Gettysburg College
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The "Finding the Source" series of online talks from @CWI_GC are fantastic and well worth catching up on. Last night's was on a great digital project from @NauCivilWar, "Black Virginians in Blue", one I enjoyed over breakfast this morning!
Check out last night's "Finding the Source" with @NauCivilWar on their great new project "Black Virginians in Blue."
youtu.be/Q5jmVrtNXzk
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We are excited to be co-hosting an event with @eigbc on the Civil War and the polarization of American politics. This panel will explore the (mis)use of the Civil War to explain the contentious nature of partisan politics.
Full details:
gettysburg.edu/civil-war-ins…
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This Thursday at 7 p.m., @CWI_GC & @eigbc will host a virtual conversation about the ways Americans use & misuse our Civil War past to explain the contentious nature of partisan politics in the U.S. The event is free & open to the public. Register: gburg.us/2PjLo2f
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I need to record a day at @gettysburg. Student-led group presentation in my Protest Course ends w/ a vigorous discussion about the role of abolitionists as a cause for the Civil War. Lunch w/ a 1st yr who is planning an archeological dig at Camp Nelson to find freedpeople @CWI_GC
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I’ve wondered how the brilliant Barbara Fields has been thinking of recent events. Thanks to @arothmanhistory for co-writing this powerful article. “Attacking ‘white privilege’ will never build such a coalition.” I’m assigning it! @CWI_GC dissentmagazine.org/online_a…
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@drcooperowens at the @CWI_GC, injecting many insightful & incisive points to our understanding of Civil War History and beyond. She is in conversation with @PeterCarmicha15 & Ashley Luskey. @gettysburg
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Student-athlete and history and political science double-major Sean Thompson ’21 builds career skills through his Brian C. Pohanka Internship with the @NatlParkService. Read his story. gburg.us/2N4kSbB
ALT During his internship with the National Park Service in May 2019, Sean Thompson demonstrated how to load a cannon at Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Va.
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I enjoyed talking with @PeterCarmicha15, Ashley Luskey, and @CWI_GC about Lincoln and African Americans last week, feat. questions of emigration, colonization, social equality, historiography, & John E. Washington's They Knew Lincoln global.oup.com/academic/prod…
Last week’s “Finding the Source” interview with @katemasur is now available on YouTube. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date with all our videos!
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For the final book in my Gender & Civil War class, my students read @activisthistory impressive, must-read FEMALE HUSBANDS. A 1st yr student wrote smart questions, connecting it to others we read—@TeraWHunter, @DrewFaust28. @CWI_GC @CUPAcademic
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Check out Episode Four: The Civil War of @ReckoningRadio, which features @whatsupwithky, @KyPLewis and me. podbean.com/ew/pb-zvuei-f0a1… @gettysburg @CWI_GC @SCWHistorians @JourSouHist
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Thanks so much to @Cam_Sauers and @CWI_GC for the opportunity to discuss The Fight For the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864 from @Kansas_Press. @PeterCarmicha15
Historian @HamptonNewsome sat down for a virtual interview with CWI Fellow Cameron Sauers '21 to talk about his book "The Fight For the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January- May 1864." Watch the full Interview on Youtube:
youtu.be/EKFVRvWBXcY
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Our Winter issue goes to press Tuesday; the cover story deals with the push to remove CSA monuments from public spaces. A great lineup helps provide info/context: @SarahBeetham, @robgreeneII, @KevinLevin, @PeterCarmicha15, @megankatenelson, & @CivilWarJon. More soon! #CivilWar
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Tonight on The Civil War - a discussion hosted by @PeterCarmicha15 & @InkedHistorian with @BParnicza about how interpretation has changed at @AppomattoxNPS. @CWI_GC Watch at 6pm ET on C-SPAN 3.
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Tonight in #gettysburgBLM, my students, who are on campus, took a tour of the battlefield where enslaved people lived & labored during the Civil War. Thanks to my brilliant, inspiring colleague @PeterCarmicha15 for leading the tour!
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Prof. Pete Carmichael, Director of @CWI_GC, discusses justice, reconciliation, and the history of the Gettysburg battlefield in this piece by @bopinion gburg.us/2SY2AIY
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PODCAST: @NatlParkService’s Chris Gwinn ’06, Africana Studies & History Prof. Scott Hancock, & @gettysburg Pres. Iuliano unpack the Confederate monument controversy, particularly in the context of the Gettysburg battlefield. gburg.us/3kZhtXh #internationalpodcastday
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Historians from @gettysburg and elsewhere gathered with community members on the Gettysburg battlefield to mark the first Civil War History Day of Action, sponsored by the Journal of the Civil War Era @JCWE1. Read more in the @nytimes: gburg.us/3j9Tnsi
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Join us this Thursday evening at 7pm in our education center to hear Peter Carmichael reveal the story of "The Hicksford Raid." The PCWRT meets throughout the year with great speakers and topics. Annual membership is $40 or pay $5 at the door. #CivilWar #History #speaker
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Delighted to announce the full slate of @JCWE1 summer talks with historians, starting 7/23 w/ Nicole Myers Turner @NicoMyTurn, and w/ Tera Hunter, Stephanie McCurry, and Thomas J. Brown on deck. @TeraWHunter, @smccurry3 Register here: journalofthecivilwarera.org/…