Behind The Lines
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An Interview with John MarszalekRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 5/24/2013
Our conversation with Dr. John Marszalek, the Executive Director and Managing Editor of the Ulysses S. Grant Association and Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library. Dr. Marszalek is also the Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Mississippi State University. In the interview, Dr. Marszalek details the most recent developments at the U.S. Grant Library. In addition, Marszalek offers...
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An Interview with William A. LinkRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 5/17/2013
Our Conversation with William A. Link, author of "Atlanta Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath" published by the University of North Carolina Press. In this interview, Link details Atlanta's Civil War experience and it's reemergence in the post-war period as the model of the New South. Link also shares some of his favorite Civil War books and how he approaches...
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An Interview with CWI's Peter CarmichaelRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 5/10/2013
Our conversation with Peter Carmichael, the Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. Pete offers his thoughts on the Future of the Civil War Conference held in March at Gettysburg College as well as a sneak peak at the June Civil War Institute.
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An Interview with Wayne E. MottsRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 5/3/2013
Our conversation with Wayne E. Motts, the CEO of the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In this conversation, Motts discusses the current and future exhibits of the museum for the remainder of the sesquicentennial. In addition, he mentions some of his favorite places on the Gettysburg battlefield as a licensed battlefield guide and some of the areas' best locations to explore ...
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An Interview with Jeff RosenheimRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 4/26/2013
Our conversation with Jeff Rosenheim, the Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In this interview, Jeff discusses the new exhibition at the Met entitled "Photography and the American Civil War" now open and running through September 2nd. Jeff touches on the role of photography in the Civil War and the various types of photography...
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An Interview with Marion Moser JonesRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 4/19/2013
Our interview with Marian Moser Jones, an assistant professor of family science at University of Maryland's School of Public Health and the author of "The American Red Cross: From Clara Barton to the New Deal," published by Johns Hopkins University Press. In this conversation, Jones discusses the origins of the Red Cross in the wake of the Civil War and Barton's crucial actions during the war...
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An Interview with Ron CoddingtonRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 3/15/2013
Our conversation with Ron Coddington, an assistant managing editor with the Chronicle of Higher Education and author of "African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album," published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
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An Interview with David SilkenatRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 3/8/2013
<p>Our conversation with David Silkenat, Assistant Professor of History and Education at North Dakota State University and author of "Moments of Despair: Suicide, Divorce & Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina."</p> -
An Interview with Jill TitusRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 2/1/2013
Our conversation with Jill Titus, Associate Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. Dr. Titus discusses the upcoming Future of Civil War History Conference taking place in Gettysburg from March 14-16, 2013. The conference features a collection of academic historians and public historians discussing a wide range of topics in addition to several working groups and excursions out...
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An Interview with Scott HartwigRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 1/25/2013
Our Conversation with Scott Hartwig, Supervisory Historian at Gettysburg National Military Park and author of "To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862." We talk with Scott about his first volume on the Maryland Campaign and plans at Gettysburg to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the battle this coming July.
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An Interview with Brian Craig MillerRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 1/18/2013
Our conversation with Brian Craig Miller, Assistant Professor of History and Associate Chair of History at Emporia State University and editor of "A Punishment on the Nation: An Iowa Soldier Endures the Civil War," published by Kent State University Press. In our conversation, Miller discusses the value of edited collections such as this, and his thoughts on the state of Civil War Publishing as...
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An Interview with Clay RisenRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 11/16/2012
Our conversation with Clay Risen, editor of the New York Times Disunion blog. In this interview, Clay discusses the origins of the online version of the blog, the benefits of a chronological approach, and what he has learned as a student of history from his work on this blog.
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An Interview with Cathy WrightRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 11/2/2012
Our conversation with Cathy Wright, curator for the Museum of the Confederacy. In her interview, Cathy discusses her responsibilities at the MOC, the new MOC branch at Appomattox, and future exhibits planned for both Richmond and Appomattox.
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An Interview with Barbara GannonRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 10/26/2012
Our interview with Barbara Gannon, Assistant Professor of Military History at the University of Central Florida and author of "The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic," published by University of North Carolina Press. In our conversation, Gannon discusses her work as well as how she teaches the war 150 years later.
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An Interview with Lisa BradyRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 10/19/2012
Our interview with Lisa Brady, Associate Professor of History at Boise State University and author of "War Upon the Land: Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War" published by University of Georgia Press. In this interview, Brady discusses her work as well as the future of environmental studies of the Civil War.
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An Interview with Anne Rubin Read More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 10/12/2012
Our interview with Anne Rubin, Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Rubin is the author of "A Shattered Nation: The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868," published with the University of North Carolina Press. In the interview, Rubin discusses her new role as President of the Society of Civil War Historians and her aspirations for the next two years...
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An Interview with Kevin LevinRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 10/5/2012
Our interview with historian Kevin Levin. Kevin maintains the popular blog "Civil War Memory" and is the author of "Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War As Murder," now out with University Press of Kentucky. In the conversation, Kevin shares his thoughts on the memory of the fight for the Crater, the evolution of his blog, and some recent works of Civil War scholarship that have caught his...
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An Interview with Glenn BrasherRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 9/28/2012
<p>Our interview with Glenn Brasher, Instructor of History at the University of Alabama and author of "The Peninsula Campaign & the Necessity of Emancipation: African Americans & the Fight for Freedom," now out with UNC Press. Dr. Brasher provides a fresh account of the Peninsula Campaign as part of the larger emancipation narrative, detailing the role of African Americans in this political fight...</p> -
An Interview with Aaron Astor Read More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 9/19/2012
Our interview with Aaron Astor, associate professor of history at Maryville College and author of "Rebels on the Border" published by Louisiana State University Press. Dr. Astor's work examines Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War Era and the fall of conservative Unionism in these two border states followed by a retroactive Confederate ideology.
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An Interview with Ric BurnsRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 9/14/2012
Our interview with Ric Burns, director of the new PBS documentary "Death and the Civil War." Based on Drew Gilpin Faust's "This Republic of Suffering," Burns details the documentary, his experience working with Drew Faust, and the challenges and rewards the project posed to him as a filmmaker. "Death and the Civil War" premiers on Tuesday September 18th at 8 P.M. Eastern on PBS.
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An Interview with Jim Downs Read More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 9/7/2012
Our interview with Jim Downs, Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at Connecticut College and author of "Sick From Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction" published by Oxford University Press. In the interview, Jim shares his thoughts on disease in the Civil War among freedmen, his take on the slave agency debate, and how he teaches...
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An Interview with Keith HarrisRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 8/31/2012
The Civil War Monitor's interview with Keith Harris, host of "Cosmic America," a Civil War multi-media platform. In the interview we discuss Keith's goals with Cosmic America, other Civil War blogs that he recommends, and efforts in Keith's mind that can be made to bridge the gap between academic historians and the public.
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An Interview with Elizabeth LeonardRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 8/24/2012
Our interview with Elizabeth Leonard, the John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History at Colby College and author of "Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky." In this Lincoln Prize winning work, Dr. Leonard offers a fuller assessment of this complex man that goes beyond his role in the Lincoln Assassination trial. Dr. Leonard also discusses her approach to...
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An Interview with Megan Kate NelsonRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 8/17/2012
Our interview with Megan Kate Nelson, Lecturer of History and Literature at Harvard University and author of "Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War" now out with University of Georgia Press. Dr. Nelson's interview is part of The Civil War Monitor's new video interview series "Behind the Lines."In addition to the book, Dr. Nelson's reflects on one of the most influential books on her...
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An interview with Peter CarmichaelRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 8/10/2012
Our interview with Peter Carmichael, the Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies at Gettysburg College and Director of the Civil War Institute. In this conversation, we discuss the 2012 and 2013 Civil War Institutes as well as the state of public history.
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An introduction to "Behind the Lines" from your host David ThomsonRead More
Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 8/10/2012
Host David Thomson provides a brief welcome and introduction to "Behind the Lines," The Civil War Monitor's new video interview series with prominent members of the American Civil War community at large.
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Civil War Envelopes
A sampling of the often colorful and elaborately decorated envelopes used to send letters during the Civil War years.
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