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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Sep 3

Happy to get my hands on the latest from @civilwarjon.bsky.social and Lucas Morel.

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Amanda Laury Kleintop @alkleintop.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thanks to friends and colleagues who helped promote my first book, Counting the Cost of Freedom! (Especially those here, where I don't post much.)
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Cover of book, Counting the Cost of Freedom: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation after the Civil War by Amanda Laury Kleintop. Depicts a print of a federal eagle in red behind bold, black text of the title.

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Sep 1

Getting ready for my Readings in the Civil War Era class. Excited to dive into some great books this semester with my grad students.

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Aug 21

Fantastic resource for historians: a spreadsheet of NARA's digitized microfilm, with links to the files in the Archives catalog. May it help you as much as it has helped me.

www.archives.gov/files/colleg...

www.archives.gov

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congrats, Kevin!

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 28

It is a spectacular game--basically Cards Against Humanity with Shakespeare lines taken out of context.

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 27

Are you familiar with this?
www.amazon.com/Why-So-Ever-...

Bards Dispense Profanity: A Party Game Based on The Works of William Shakespeare

To be profane, or not to be? Bards Dispense Profanity is 100 mock-serious questions for our time and 375 answers copied word-for-word from the works of William Shakespeare. You be the judge of which answers are best. All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely playas.

www.amazon.com

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 25

NERFC roadtrip stop #4: the New Hampshire Historical Society.

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 23

NERFC Fellowship stop #3: the Maine Historical Society.

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 22

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ALT: a man with a beard is holding a pair of binoculars in front of a trendzisst logo

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 22

Day 2 of my NERFC roadtrip: looking for breadcrumbs in Dartmouth College's stunning Rauner Library.

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 21

Check out the call for papers for the 2026 Society of Civil War Historians Conference (Richmond, June 18-20)! If you're not sure where to start, you can find the panel builder tool and connect with others looking to submit. Deadline is 9/15!

scwh.memberclicks.net/biennial-con...

Conference

Conferences

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 21

Congratulations!

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 21

Stop one on my New England Regional Fellowship Consortium road trip: Williams College's Chapin Library. Gorgeous day to be in Western Massachusetts!

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 16

"Fighting Joe" or "Fighting, Joe"?

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 14

First time at the Boston Athenaeum, and it's hard to imagine a more beautiful place in which to do research. Grateful for the support of a Loring Fellowship allowing me to do so.

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thrilled to be kicking off my time this morning as the Suzanne and Caleb Loring Research Fellow @mhs1791.bsky.social!

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations, @jonathansjones.bsky.social! Can't wait to read it!

Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · Jun 30

Proof of life! We have page proofs for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis, coming this October with @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️

a laptop screen showing a white page with a table of contents page for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis

a laptop screen showing the introduction for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jun 25

NARA informing historians they can't park directly at Archives II anymore:

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MAAH Stone Book Award @maahstonebookaward.bsky.social · Jun 10

29/141 2025 Official Submission #MAAHStoneAtoZ

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jun 16

Had a wonderful weekend in Columbus, MS at the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters banquet. Honored to have received the 2025 prize for nonfiction! @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jun 16

Had a wonderful weekend in Columbus, MS at the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters banquet. Honored to have received the 2025 prize for nonfiction! @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Jun 10

Excited to check out the latest from Craig Friend, arriving via @uncpress.bsky.social!

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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · Jun 5

The front cover is complete -- with a fantastic blurb from
@rkdcolby86.bsky.social!

"Deeply moving, sometimes shocking, and sure to provoke deep reflection..."

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