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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hot off the presses.
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I could use a little help with a transcription trying to figure out the illegible word. I've got: "He looked troubled, and cross, as though the sea of [illegible word], in which he is now the most important object, was particularly tossed & rough. I politely saluted the dignity that he fills..."
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am very excited about my new book, "Why Lincoln," which will be published next month by Reedy Press. I asked a number of leaders in the Lincoln field to write short essays about why Lincoln matters to them. Foreword by Jon Meacham. reedypress.com/shop/why-lin...
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Why Lincoln: Preserving an American Legacy (Preorder)
Bookseller and Publisher
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...
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What a Teacher's Letters Reveal About Robert Smalls, Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Secure His Freedom From Slavery
Harriet M. Buss' missives home detail the future congressman's candid views on race and the complicity of Confederate women
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Normally getting your author copies of a new book is exciting. But today I had an unexpected experience. The book is supposed to look like the ad on the left … but instead it is the book on the right! Order your copy of this collectors item while you can before it gets reprinted. 😂
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
50% off Shipwrecked audiobook www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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50% OFF Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade
Historian Jonathan W. White tells the riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the...
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
50% off Shipwrecked audiobook www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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50% OFF Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade
Historian Jonathan W. White tells the riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the...
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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Writing tip #11: Suffuse your writing with energy. Use the active voice. Craft strong topic sentences for each paragraph and finish each with a flourish that drives home the main point. Embrace metaphor and poetic description. Use adjectives that evoke light and movement.
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University Press of Kansas @univpressofkansas.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Last day to get 50% off all books! Use code: 24NEWYEAR50 at checkout (kansaspress.ku.edu). #FlashSale #FlashSaleAlert #booksale #booksalealert #upkansas
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Can anyone suggest the best scholarship on friendship among enslaved people in the 19th century? @adamrothman.bsky.social @rkdcolby86.bsky.social @rickbell.bsky.social @wemilteer.bsky.social @aaronastor.bsky.social @hngreen.bsky.social @jforret.bsky.social @jrothman.bsky.social
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/12/2025
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
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Brent Howard @brenthoward.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Big congrats to Jon White @civilwarjon.bsky.social and Aaron Wistar @aaronwistar.bsky.social and @beaconpress.bsky.social!
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I bought this soap at a museum this week. It has a hint of smoke to it.
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UVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
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Author's Corner with Matthew Mason, author of SEEKING THE HIGH GROUND
<p>Today, we are happy to bring you our conversation with Matthew Mason, author of <em>Seeking the High Ground: Slavery and Political Conflict in the
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I lost the citation.
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UMD Department of History @umdhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Our own alum, Jonathan White M.A. '03, Ph.D. '08 and Lucas Morel recently published “Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln,” which recounts Frederick Douglass' journey from criticism to respect of Abraham Lincoln. Read more here! today.umd.edu/how-frederic...
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How Frederick Douglass Changed His Mind About Lincoln | Maryland Today
Alum’s New Book Finds Fresh Nuance in Relationship That Helped End Slavery
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Had a great publication day event yesterday at President Lincoln's Cottage. People flew in from Michigan and Illinois just for the event!
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
My latest in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about newly discovered Frederick Douglass letters. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
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When Historians Rediscovered These Frederick Douglass Letters, They Were Surprised by His Candid Opinions About Abraham Lincoln
In correspondence with a passionate abolitionist in London, the great American orator didn't hold back when talking about the 16th president, or his successor, the much-maligned Andrew Johnson
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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I am posting some Chicago bank notes and shinplasters this week and today's bill features an amazing center vignette of Neptune's sea chariot being pulled by hippocampi. Seated at the back of the chariot is Liberty on a clam shell. Marine Bank of Chicago, IL, $3, 18--.🗃️
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
My latest in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about newly discovered Frederick Douglass letters. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hist...
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When Historians Rediscovered These Frederick Douglass Letters, They Were Surprised by His Candid Opinions About Abraham Lincoln
In correspondence with a passionate abolitionist in London, the great American orator didn't hold back when talking about the 16th president, or his successor, the much-maligned Andrew Johnson
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Washington, DC Set to Dedicate a New Lincoln Statue 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Washington, DC Set to Dedicate a New Lincoln Statue
Last week a 6-feet tall, 600-pound statue of President Abrahan Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation was installed on the steps of the soon-to-be opened African American Civil War Museum in th...
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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Happy to get my hands on the latest from @civilwarjon.bsky.social and Lucas Morel.
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Freedmen and Southern Society Project @fssp.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
As we begin the 1st few weeks of classes, a reminder that FSSP hosts a large collection of classroom-ready documents related to slavery & its destruction. These first-hand testimonies of enslaved people, Black soldiers, & officials give life to lessons on slavery & the contested arc of emancipation.
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Freedmen and Southern Society Project: Selected Documents
A selection of documents from Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I am so proud of this book and excited for it to get out into the world in a few weeks. We’ve discovered a dozen new documents by Frederick Douglass that are going to change how we think about the relationship between Lincoln and Douglass.
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I am so proud of this book and excited for it to get out into the world in a few weeks. We’ve discovered a dozen new documents by Frederick Douglass that are going to change how we think about the relationship between Lincoln and Douglass.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I am thrilled to share that the Board of Governors @uncpress.bsky.social granted its unanimous approval for the publication of my biography of Robert Gould Shaw: "A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw." l couldn't be more pleased. Shaw appears pleased as well.
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I piece of wood from the White House roof, installed shortly after the British burned Washington. Notice Eleanor Roosevelt's signature toward the right.
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
A new Affiliate School Offer is now available! Claim two free posters commemorating Black Lives in the Founding Era. Poster #1: Phillis Wheatley Poster #2: James Armistead Lafayette Claim here: gilderlehrman.org/affiliate
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Baseball championship at Hoboken, NJ, on August 3, 1865.
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Abraham Lincoln and Harry Houdini, ca. 1924.
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Nineteenth-century photoshop.
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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
“the largest ‘unbearded’ Lincoln collection in the world"
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Skittles the Chameleon and Lincoln: These Rooms Are Made Just for Them
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
I worry that the premiere of Ken Burns's new PBS documentary on the American Revolution is going to mean one thing to his audience and another thing entirely to academic historians. Two conversations that have little to do with one another. Let's not go down this road again.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Why We Need Ken Burns Now More Than Ever open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Why We Need Ken Burns Now More Than Ever
I’ve never understood why so many of my fellow historians get so bent out of shape over Ken Burns.
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Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This is your periodic reminder that if you’ve had your eye on a cool new monograph published by a UP, the cheapest way to get it (other than the library) is almost always direct from the publisher with a discount code.
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
www.wsj.com/opinion/june...
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Opinion | Juneteenth and the Power of an ‘Ink and Paper Proclamation’
Americans celebrate an imperfect path toward a more perfect union.
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UVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"George W. Buswell had an extraordinary Civil War experience. His account will doubtless prove an essential resource for expanding our understanding of a defining moment in American history." -Cecily N. Zander, Texas Woman's University
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UVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Happy #pubday to "From Dakota to Dixie: George Buswell's Civil War" edited by Jonathan W. White and Reagan Connelly, foreword by Gary W. Gallagher The remarkable account of a Union soldier whose service took him from Indian Country to the heart of the Confederacy. upress.virginia.edu/title/10075/
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From Dakota to Dixie
<b>The remarkable account of a Union soldier whose service took him from Indian Country to the heart of the Confederacy</b><br/><br/> In the summer of
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UVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
FROM DAKOTA TO DIXIE in the Mankato Free Press: www.mankatofreepress.com/diaries-of-c...
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Diaries of Civil War soldier provide insight to events of the time
Jonathan W. White was in California on another book project when he happened across the diaries of George Buswell. In the online catalog it said Buswell had served in Memphis,
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Jordan Alexander Stein @jordanstein.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
"i asked grok" "i asked chagpt" yeah well I asked a rare books librarian and they found things I didn’t even know I was looking for, while answering questions about provenance
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The front cover is complete -- with a fantastic blurb from @rkdcolby86.bsky.social! "Deeply moving, sometimes shocking, and sure to provoke deep reflection..."
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The front cover is complete -- with a fantastic blurb from @rkdcolby86.bsky.social! "Deeply moving, sometimes shocking, and sure to provoke deep reflection..."
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I am happy to report that the permit forms for the planned rally in support of the National Park Service at Gettysburg National Military Park on June 16 (4-6:30PM)have been approved. The rally will take place at the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. More details to follow.
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Niels Eichhorn @nielseichhorn.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The 19C was an era where conman thrived and could make fortunes but also make a career out of lying. I chat with Frank Garmon about his book _A Wonderful Career in Crime_ from @lsupress.bsky.social where he introduces Charles Cowlam open.spotify.com/episode/00Je... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This video, made by a colleague of mine, shows how easily students can use AI to cheat on exams. The first part shows ChatGPT, the second part shows Snap Chat. www.youtube.com/shorts/httB7...
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How students can cheat using ChatGPT and SnapChat AI
YouTube video by Jonathan White
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The Civil War Monitor @cwmonitor.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"A Great and Good Man" ed. by Jonathan White & William Griffing provides readers with "a deeper understanding of how Lincoln was observed in real time," writes Jon-Erik Gilot. Read more about it here: bit.ly/3CPnyE9 #CivilWar #books
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A Great and Good Man (2024)
A detailed review of "A Great and Good Man: Rare, First-Hand Accounts and Observations of Abraham Lincoln."
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Charging a $500 fee to publish a Civil War photo is ridiculous. University libraries should know that most authors don't have that sort of budget. Making it worse: I already paid to use the image in another book and still have the scan, so they don't even have to send me anything.
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I am excited to announce that this Oct., Lucas Morel & I will publish Frederick Douglass's writings on Abraham Lincoln. We've discovered a dozen letters & speeches that are completely unknown to historians. www.amazon.com/Measuring-Ma...
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Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln
Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln [Lucas E. Morel, Jonathan W. White] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln
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Jonathan White @civilwarjon.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I am excited to announce that this Oct., Lucas Morel & I will publish Frederick Douglass's writings on Abraham Lincoln. We've discovered a dozen letters & speeches that are completely unknown to historians. www.amazon.com/Measuring-Ma...
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Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln
Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln [Lucas E. Morel, Jonathan W. White] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln
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