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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · 3h

The Grand Army of the Republic supported reforms and discussed local issues, according Jonathan D. Neu and his book _Our Onward March: The Grand Army of the Republic in the Progressive Era_ @fordhampress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o... open.spotify.com/episode/4llb...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · 12d

Hive mind: couple students and myself have taken on the school archive. We discovered a number of photos and negatives from the 1990s that are stuck together due to moisture or maybe getting wet. Is there anyway to salvage them?

Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · 14d

Of course, we are also awaiting @civilwarmemory.bsky.social biography of Colonel Shaw.

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · 14d

The movie Glory has introduced millions to the 54th MA, but few know John W. M. Appleton. Today, I chat with James Jewell and Eugene Van Sickle about Appleton and their book _Waging War for Freedom_ @utpress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2fNo... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · 21d

Do scholars have a crystal ball? It is a question you almost want to ask @americanstudier.bsky.social when you read his book _Of Thee I Sing: The Contested History of American Patriotism_ @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3LYd... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Education is crucial. Reconstruction witnessed the opening of schools for many formerly enslaved. I chat w/ AnneMarie Brosnan about her book _A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople's Education in North Carolina_ @fordhampress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0emN... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Aug 13

We look at medical history with Thomas Helling as we discuss his new book _Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South_ @upmississippi.bsky.social Southerners thought of their region as different, which impacted medicine. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/1ozM...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Aug 12

@ahouckinfrance.bsky.social and I are back chatting with Scott Hancock about #gettysburg and Gettysburg NMP about the recent Gettysburg reenactment and other issues with commemoration and memory at the Gettysburg battlefield. open.spotify.com/episode/51k7... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Aug 9

What a great honor to co-author and published an article with a great student, scholar, and friend. @legg.bsky.social

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Jul 30

20 Years of Republican Party during the Civil War scholarship has changed. @ahouckinfrance.bsky.social and I chat with Michael S. Green about _Freedom, Union, and Power: Lincoln and his Party during the Civil War_ Fordham Press open.spotify.com/episode/6BdA... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Jul 21

I have enjoyed Louis A. Perez's work since I read _War of 1898_. I had a chance to chat with Lou about one of his new books _Colonial Reckoning_ @dukepress.bsky.social‬ that looks at the Ten Years War and Independence War in Cuba.
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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Jul 2

Military Occupation is a major topic in Civil War scholarship, especially in Louisiana with the likes of Benjamin Butler. J. Matthew Ward and I chat about _Garden of Ruins: Occupied Louisiana in the Civil War_ @lsupress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7Bw3... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Jun 18

Today, Andrew R. Parnell and I dive into the history of Walter Hines Page, one time editor-in-chief of @theatlantic.com , as well as US Ambassador in London during WWI. We discuss Parnell's _The Forgotten Man_ @ugapress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5L3Y... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Jun 4

#Mobile is a historic port city that was the cotton export center of Alabama, a seasonal commercial metropolis. Mike Bunn and I chat about Antebellum Mobile and his recent book _This Southern Metropolis_ @ugapress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2dDH... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · May 23

If you have access to C-Span 3, on Sunday May 25 at 2pm, you can watch the talk Duncan Campbell and I did at Shenandoah University about our book The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism. www.c-span.org/schedule/?ch... Or you can watch a recording here archive.org/details/CSPA...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · May 22

Georgia's Sea Island, Spanish Florida, and the Muscogee Homeland offered runaway slaves different avenues to freedom. I chat with Paul Pressly about his provocative book _A Southern Underground Railroad_ @ugapress.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/3lqM... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · May 7

The 19C was an era where conman thrived and could make fortunes but also make a career out of lying. I chat with Frank Garmon about his book _A Wonderful Career in Crime_ from @lsupress.bsky.social where he introduces Charles Cowlam open.spotify.com/episode/00Je... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · May 3

In 2015, I took students on a summer trip. In their reflections, one of my students, conservative and only desiring to get a history degree to be a school coach, wrote an "interesting" paper. See two passages below. As the #nationalparkservice faces major cuts, their prediction rings sadly true.

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Apr 23

If you enjoy horse racing or #KentuckyDerby, you will enjoy my conversation with Natalie Zacek about her new book _Thoroughbred Nation: Making America at the Racetrack, 1791-1900_ with @lsupress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/3O8u...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Apr 9

The Zouave was a fancifully dressed, fiercely independent soldier with many imitators. I chat with Carol Harrison & Tom Brown about their book _Zouave Theaters: Transnational Military Fashion and Performance_ @lsupress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3AZi... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/z...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Mar 26

#gettysburg and Gettysburg NMP are important sites in the nation's memory landscape. Today, @andrewhouck.bsky.social and I chat with Scott Hancock about Gettysburg especially inclusive remembering and Lost Cause celebration open.spotify.com/episode/0bpi... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Mar 14

I remember those stories. Reading the comments from the design company is not reassuring the museum will turn out well.

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Mar 12

In another book anniversary podcast episode, @ahouckinfrance.bsky.social and I chat with Nicole Etcheson about her book _Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era_ open.spotify.com/episode/0DPD... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Feb 26

Can we know what Civil War uniforms looked like? Today we explore that and other material culture questions with @shaesmithcox.bsky.social as we talk about her book _The Fabric of Civil War Society_ @lsupress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/05UI... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · Feb 12

How did the idea of Great Reconstruction expand into foreign policy? Today, I chat with @semmesryan.bsky.social about his new book _Exporting Reconstruction: Ulysses S. Grant and a New Empire of Liberty_ Check out the podcast below open.spotify.com/episode/2Vy2... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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