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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · 14d

In today's Muster, we announce that Dr. J. Jacob Calhoun has been selected as the recipient of the Anthony E. Kaye Essay Award for 2025. Congratulations Dr. Calhoun! www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/09/anno...

Announcing the 2025 Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Award - The Journal of the Civil War Era

The Journal of the Civil War Era is pleased to announce that Dr. J. Jacob Calhoun has been selected as the recipient of the Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Award for 2025. His winning essay is titled, ...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · 19d

In today's Muster, JCWE Associate Editor Robert Bland has a conversation with Caleb Gayle, author of Black Moses: A Sage of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State (Penguin, 2025). www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/09/conv...

Conversation with Caleb Gayle - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, JCWE Associate Editor Robert Bland has a conversation with Caleb Gayle, Associate Professor of Journalism and Africana Studies at Northeastern University. Gayle is the author of Bla...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · 20d

A reminder that the JCWE is seeking new contributors to Muster. The deadline for applications is October 1. If you are or anyone you know is interested in contributing to our ongoing online conversation on Civil War history, please apply!

The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Aug 29

Muster is looking for new contributors! We want to include a wide range of voices from many different of perspectives. Please share the following call widely. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/08/call...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Congratulations to Dr. Mount!

Richards Center Penn State @richardscenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to Guy Emerson Mount, winner of the George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in @jcwe.bsky.social in 2024!

Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/news/announc...

Announcing the Winner of the 2024 George and Ann Richards Prize - George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center

Guy Emerson Mount has won the $1,000 George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2024. The article, “Shall I Go? Black Colonization in the Pacif...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Sep 5

In today's Muster, Gregory Downs and Kate Masur preview the September 2025 JCWE www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/09/prev...

Previewing the September 2025 JCWE - The Journal of the Civil War Era

This issue exemplifies the wide sweep of the Civil War Era as scholars understand it, and the success of the journal’s now fifteen-year-long effort to promote broadminded interrogation of the many for...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Aug 29

Muster is looking for new contributors! We want to include a wide range of voices from many different of perspectives. Please share the following call widely. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/08/call...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Aug 25

In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever has a conversation with Shae Smith Cox about her book, The Fabric of the Civil War Society www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/08/conv...

Conversation Shae Smith Cox - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever has a conversation with Shae Cox Smith, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University about her book, The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Ba...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Aug 15

In this week's Muster, Lindsey Peterson discusses teaching the Clinton Massacre with digital records and authentic tasks
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Teaching the Civil War: Analyzing the Clinton Massacre Using Authentic Tasks - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Today’s Muster continues our series Teaching the Civil War. Each post in the series has examined a different method that college and K-12 teachers have used to make the Civil War era come alive in the...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Aug 8

In this AHA article, JCWE editors Kate Masur and Greg Downs discuss their ongoing collaborative work with the National Park Service around commemorating the Reconstruction era www.historians.org/perspectives...

Collaborating with the Park Service – AHA

When the National Park Service moved to incorporate Reconstruction into its historical interpretation, it was with the help of academic historians.

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Jul 21

In today's Muster, Law Professor Mark Graber discusses the historical context for the Militia Act of 1903 www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/07/the-...

The Militia Act of 1903 in Historical Context - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Recent events have turned public attention to the previously obscure Militia Act of 1903 and the even more obscure historians and political scientists interested in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Jul 10

In today's Muster, Joan Cashin and Alaina Roberts discuss their special issue of the JCWE on Material Culture during the Civil War era www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/07/conv...

Conversation with June 2025 Special Issue Editors Joan E. Cashin and Alaina E. Roberts - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, Associate Editor Robert Bland discusses the JCWE’s June special issue on material culture with guest editors Joan E. Cashin and Alaina E. Roberts. Dr. Cashin is a professor of histo...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Jun 16

In today's Muster, Andrew Donnelly discusses his new book, Confederate Sympathies: Same-Sex Romance, Disunion, and Reunion in the Civil War Era www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/06/andr...

Andrew Donnelly, Confederate Sympathies, and the History of Same-Sex Romance during the Civil War Era - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, associate editor Robert Bland is joined by Andrew Donnelly to discuss his new book Confederate Sympathies: Same-Sex Romance, Disunion, and Reunion in the Civil War Era. Professor Do...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Jun 10

You still have until June 15 to submit an essay for the Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Prize! Please consider if you are an early career scholar working on any topic concerning the Civil War era.

The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · May 22

Extension: The deadline for the Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Prize has been extended to June 15. The JCWE and the SCWH invite all early career scholars to submit essays on any topic concerning the Civil War era. The winning submission will earn the author a $1,000 award

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Jun 9

In today's Muster, Michael Allen discipline discusses his nearly 40-year career in public history www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/06/inte...

Interview with Michael Allen on a Career in Public History - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Today’s Muster features an interview with Michael Allen, a retired National Park Service official. Over the course of his nearly four decade career, Allen has played a pivotal role in how several Civi...

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · May 30

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

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Conference on the Civil War | Ole Miss

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Kate Masur @katemasur.bsky.social · May 29

In this brief, @marthasjones.bsky.social and I demonstrate that free Black Americans spent decades claiming birthright citizenship against those who denied it, that the Framers of the 14 Amend. listened, and that these facts should matter to today's Courts.
www.brennancenter.org/media/13981/...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · May 28

In today’s Muster, we congratulate Dr. Edda Fields-Black on being awarded the 2025 Tom Watson Brown Book Award for Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/05/2025...

2025 Tom Watson Brown Book Award - The Journal of the Civil War Era

The $50,000 Tom Watson Brown Book Award is presented annually by the Watson-Brown Foundation and the Society of Civil War Historians to the author or authors of the best book “on the causes, conduct, ...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · May 22

Extension: The deadline for the Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Prize has been extended to June 15. The JCWE and the SCWH invite all early career scholars to submit essays on any topic concerning the Civil War era. The winning submission will earn the author a $1,000 award

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · May 21

In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever is joined by Jill L. Newmark, for a conversation about her recent book Without Concealment, Without Compromise: Black Civil War Surgeons www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/05/conv...

Conversation with Historian and Curator Jill Newmark - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever is joined by Jill L. Newmark, independent historian and former Curator and Exhibition Specialist at the National Library of Medicine, National In...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Apr 29

You can read their award-winning articles in the JCWE's Winter 2024 special issue on Black internationalism muse.jhu.edu/issue/53788

Project MUSE - The Journal of the Civil War Era-Volume 14, Number 4, December 2024

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Apr 29

In today's Muster, we celebrate JCWE contributors Bianca Dang and Christina Davidson for receiving the Latin American Studies Association's 2025 Best Article Prize. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/04/cong...

Congratulations to Bianca Dang and Christina C. Davidson - The Journal of the Civil War Era

The Latin American Studies Association recently awarded both Bianca Dang and Christina C. Davidson with their 2025 Best Article Prize. Dr. Dang and Dr. Davidson were honored for their respective cont...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Apr 23

Congratulations!!

The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Apr 23

In today's Muster, Lindsey Peterson discusses her March 2025 JCWE article "Home-Builders": Free Labor Households and Settler Colonialism in Western Union Civil War Commemorations. This article received the 2023 Anthony Kaye Memorial Essay Award. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/04/lind...

Lindsey Peterson Interview on "'Home Builders': Free Labor Households and Settler Colonialism in Western Union Civil War Commemorations" - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, associate editor Robert D. Bland speaks with Lindsey R. Peterson about her March 2025 JCWE article “‘Home-Builders’: Free Labor Households and Settler Colonialism in Western Union C...

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TheSouthernSHA @thesouthernsha.bsky.social · Apr 10

TOMORROW!

Join us on Zoom, Friday, April 11 at 1pm ET FOR SHA's Classic Texts in Southern History, featuring W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction in America!

Featuring Hilary Green, Michael Fitzgerald, Alaina Roberts, and Robert Greene II. Email Whitney Nell Stewart for zoom link.

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Apr 9

In today's Muster, @martenj.bsky.social examines the lives of draftees from the Sixth Wisconsin and what their stories tell us about the broader military experience www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/.../alternat...

Alternative Histories: Integrating Drafted Men into the Military Narrative - The Journal of the Civil War Era

“How I hate the whole thing,” wrote a decidedly unhappy new recruit to the Sixth Wisconsin late in 1864, “from beginning to end.”[1] That was Joshua B. Ingalls, a Richfield County blacksmith in his la...

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