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"This book is deeply researched and engaging, offering much to abolitionist historiography.... This is a book that I am so glad was written and one that I will long think about."—@CWBookReview on Frank Cirillo's "The Abolitionist Civil War" bit.ly/3UiQme6

Happy Birthday Robert Smalls! On this day in 1839 his mother, Lydia, couldn’t have imagined that her son would eventually come to own the land on which they were once enslaved, or that he’d call that land his home as a sitting US Congressman.

The Civil War was truly a transformative war. Check out our latest spring issue of reviews at the following link: repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/ @lsulibraries

Thanks to ⁦@CWBookReview⁩ for the chance to contribute to the most recent issue. Here’s a link to the review I wrote repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol26/iss…

Happy birthday to the first president of Louisiana State University and legendary Union General, William T. Sherman.

Hans Rasmussen writes, "The Civil War Cartoon Album in the LSU Libraries Special Collections...forms a record of northern political humor...during the early days of the Civil War." Learn more about this collection by checking out Hans' latest piece here: repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol26/iss…

"In recent years, historians have added to our knowledge of the environment’s role in the past. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Civil War Era." For more on recent environmental histories, check out our latest issue of the Civil War Book Review: repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/

Just after noon today in 1863, President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, a wartime measure freeing enslaved persons held in any states or portion of states in rebellion against the U.S. government. Image of original document in National Archives.

Happy New Year from the CWBR! #2024NewYear

General Sherman's troops arrive at the outer defenses of Savannah, GA today in 1864. Leadership in Washington doesn't yet know this since Sherman has been purposely incommunicado since the start of his March to the Sea.

On behalf of LSU’s Civil War Book Review, congrats to @JayD__5 on winning the Heisman Trophy! #GeauxTigers

"Scholars of slavery have long bemoaned the lack of sources available from the enslaved perspective, but that holds true only when we maintain a rigidly narrow definition of the archive." Guest post by @whitney_nell on Seeking Alternative Archives to Better Understand the Past⤵️ bit.ly/3RyFEPB

On this day, on December 4th, 1863, the Siege of Knoxville concluded. ⏬️

BREAKING: Southeastern Conference officials state that if they are not in the playoffs this year, they will secede from the NCAA and form their own confederacy of schools.

#OnThisDay in 1864 US Army troops, including 6 regiments of United States Colored Troops (USCTs), Marines, and Navy, attacked Confederate forces at the Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina. 1/6

"For more than 160 years the world has been awash in Civil War letters and reminiscences of battles... Some of these collections of letters stand out as valuable, poignant, and important, and the present volume is one of them."—@CWBookReview: Vol. 25 : Iss. 3 #USCivilWar

#OnThisDay in Civil War History Confederate reinforcements arrived at Knoxville, Tennessee. Confederate General James Longstreet continued his siege in order to draw Union troops away from Chattanooga. Ultimately, Longstreet retreated back to Virginia.

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