Monthly Archives: July 2020
The Infamous SHEAR 2020 Plenary Session
You may or may not have heard of this year’s virtual plenary session of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic [SHEAR]. A plenary, by definition, is “a meeting or session attended by all participants at a conference or assembly.” The plenary this year, titled “The Politicization of Andrew Jackson,” consisted of a […]
NCWM Lessons in History Speaker Series: Battlefield Preservation in the Modern Era at Gettysburg
Here’s Garry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust giving an excellent presentation at the National Civil War Museum on modern preservation efforts at Gettysburg. The video’s description reads, “Chief Historian Garry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust presented ‘The Second (or Third) Battle of Gettysburg: Battlefield Preservation in the Modern Era’ at the National Civil […]
Fixing “Gettysburg”
Atun-Shei Films does it again, with these videos correcting the movie, “Gettysburg.” Day One: Day Two: Day Three:
The Rogue Historian: The Three-Cornered War with Megan Kate Nelson
Here’s a terrific conversation between host Dr. Keith Harris and his guest, Dr. Megan Kate Nelson, on her latest book, The Three-Cornered War. They discuss: What Megan says to skeptics – because there will always be skeptics The intersection of Civil War scholarship and Indigenous Peoples studies and what’s on the horizon An unsettling United States […]
NCWM Lessons in History Speaker Series “Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy”
Here’s Professor Lorien Foote of Texas A&M giving an outstanding lecture on the escape of Union POWs in the Carolinas. She gave this lecture at the National Civil War Museum. The video’s description reads, ” ‘The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy’ a presentation with Dr. Lorien Foote, a Professor […]
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