ECW Welcomes Samuel Flowers

ECW is pleased to welcome a new member.

Samuel Flowers is an assistant professor of history at Louisburg College. He was born and raised in Wilmington and now resides in Raleigh. He received his B.A. in history from UNC-Charlotte and graduated with his M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a concentration on American History. His thesis examined the importance of the Overland Campaign through interpreting tactical shifts, the common soldier’s experience, and how soldiers remembered their time in combat.

Samuel is interested in multiple topics surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, including the Eastern Theater, the Overland Campaign, the conflict in North Carolina, Reconstruction and political violence, Civil War memory, and the popular culture adaptations about the era.

Samuel has been actively involved with ECW here’s a list of his activity from the ECW archives:

• Her Favorite Son, the Slavery Leader
• New Job, New History
• Getting Punched by a Minie Ball
• My Civil War Brady Bunch
• Following the Greek Cross in the Overland Campaign
• Book Review: Feeding Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia
• Book Review: A Contested Terrain
• Book Review: Decisions of the Vicksburg Campaign
• Book Review: The Confederate Resurgence of 1864
• Book Review: The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals
• Book Review: The Civil War and the Summer of 2020
• Book Review: Abraham Lincoln & Women in Film