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In today's Muster, we congratulate Amy Murrell Taylor for winning the @richardscenter.bsky.social Prize for the best article published in the @jcwe.bsky.social . Congratulations Dr. Taylor! www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/anno...

Announcing the Winner of the 2025 George and Ann Richards Prize - The Journal of the Civil War EraAmy Murrell Taylor has won the $1,000 George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2025. The article, “More Than a ‘Pile of Rude Boards’: Space, ...www.journalofthecivilwarera.org

In today's Muster, Drew Baird examines the role of the Union Pacific in shaping the Greater Reconstruction in the American West www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/a-po...

A Power in the Land: Union Pacific in the Greater Reconstruction - The Journal of the Civil War EraRailroads have long been subjects of Civil War era studies. Scholars have cast them as promoters of growth before the conflict, agents of capacity and connection during the war itself, and instruments...www.journalofthecivilwarera.org

In today's Muster, Cassandra Jane Werking examines the long history of Fort Pickens and its place in Florida and national memory www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/stan...

Stand Firm Like Fort Pickens: Confederate Florida and the Long Struggle over Unionist Memory - The Journal of the Civil War EraDespite being in Confederate Florida, United States Fort Pickens repelled enemy attempts to gain control of the Union holdout. Situated on the bay of Pensacola, Fort Pickens remained in U.S. control f...www.journalofthecivilwarera.org

This is one of the liveliest & most informative #HATM conversation that we have had - yes? Loving it. #SUFFS Great work, @phdrachel.bsky.social & all the historians & viewers who joined us, esp the experts on female suffrage.

Reupping this list of amazing suffrage historians and their books this morning. Thanks to all of them for joining us for the #HATM watch party for #Suffs #PBSGreatPerformances

The @richardscenter.bsky.social was lucky to host the editors & authors of this special issue last year & it was clear they were opening really important conversations for scholars interested in law, slavery, race, & social history in the Civil War-era US & beyond. Thrilled to see the work in print!

In today's Muster, Brook Thomas reflects on Birthright Citizenship and postbellum debates around the idea of allegiance www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/04/birt...

Birthright Citizenship and Allegiance - The Journal of the Civil War EraBirthright citizenship is controlled by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of t...www.journalofthecivilwarera.org

In today's Muster, William Horne examines the harrowing story of Margaret Cathrine Murphy, a woman who posed as a man to enlist in the Union Army www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/04/i-wa...

“I Was Detected by My Laugh”: The Brief Military Career of Margaret Cathrine Murphy - The Journal of the Civil War EraCW: sexual violence and self-harm On May 17, 1863, Margaret Cathrine Murphy found herself in an unlikely situation: being interrogated as a spy while imprisoned in Annapolis. As she explained, she was...www.journalofthecivilwarera.org

Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian www.citizenhistorians.org invites you to RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR THE SMITHSONIAN: A WORKSHOP ON WRITING AND PLACING OP-EDS this Monday, March 9 at 6:30 EST. You can register to attend here: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...