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A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part four)

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part four of four) We’ve been talking this week with Dr. Caroline Janney, author and past president of the Society of Civil War Historians. Currently on the history faculty at Purdue University, she’ll take up a new post next fall … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part three)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part three of four) As a scholar, Dr. Caroline Janney has explored a strong interest in Civil War memory. During our conversation with her this week, she’s also talked about the deep connection to place she feels as a historian. … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part two)

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part two of four) As part of our Women’s History Month commemoration, we’re talking this week with Dr. Caroline Janney, professor, author, and past president of the Society of Civil War Historians. Janney has spent a good deal of her … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part one)

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part one of four) March is Women’s History Month, and to commemorate the event, Emerging Civil War is talking with several women who work in the field of Civil War history. This week, ECW Editor-in-Chief Chris Mackowski talks with one … Continue reading →

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Thomas Nast from the North Anna River: “On to Richmond”

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

One of my favorite images of the Civil War comes from the June 18, 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly. The image, by Thomas Nast, is titled “The Campaign in Virginia—“On to Richmond!” and it accompanied the paper’s coverage of the … Continue reading →

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