These selected articles, either by me or that quote me, are available online. For a complete list of my articles, essays, book chapters, and book reviews, please see my CV.
"What Frederick Douglass Had to Say about Monuments," with Scott A. Sandage, SmithsonianMag.com (June 30, 2020).
"Let Abraham Lincoln Stand," The Hill (June 26, 2020).
"Despite the Risks, Letting Americans Vote by Mail is Good for Democracy," Washington Post (April 15, 2020).
"A Heartfelt Reunion at the End of World War I," National Guard Educational Foundation (November 20, 2018).
"The Enduring Legacy of Patsey," Muster blog of the Journal of the Civil War Era (March 21, 2017).
" 'A Shadow Over My Heart': The Transformation of a Northern Woman's Dream Life during the Civil War," UNC Press blog (March 20, 2017).
"A Belligerent President, Accusations of Treason, and Stolen Supreme Court Seat," Zocalo Public Square (March 6, 2017) and reprinted in Smithsonian Magazine (March 17, 2017).
"8 Simple Rules for Prospective Graduate Students in History," UNC Press blog (February 27, 2017).
"A Fresh Look at the 1864 Soldiers' Vote," interview in Civil War Times (February 20, 2017)
"Soldiers' Dreams with Jonathan White," interview in the Gettysburg Compiler (January 18, 2017).
"Can Republicans and Democrats Treat Each Other with Respect?" History News Network (November 17, 2016).
"A Black Soldier from Charlottesville Writes to Lincoln," inaugural blog of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia (September 30, 2016).
"The Monitor’s Demise," with Anna Gibson Holloway, We’re History (January 27, 2016).
"Copperheads," Essential Civil War Curriculum, Virginia Tech (September 2015).
"How Prisoners of War Used Their Dreams to Help Them Survive," by Sarah Kershaw, in the Washington Post (November 6, 2015).
"Relics from the Past Found from Civil War Soldier," by Candice Monhollan, in the West Chester Daily Local News (May 9, 2015).
"Why It Makes Sense to Pair Lincoln and Nelson Mandela," in Time.com (courtesy of History News Network) (April 15, 2015).
"A Terrible Loss," an article on the aftermath of the Lincoln assassination in The American Scholar (March 4, 2015).
"Black Civil War Enlistee's Letters Home Are Window into Family Life," by Ed Colimore, Philadelphia Inquirer (February 10, 2015).
"How Lincoln Won the Soldier Vote," New York Times "Disunion" blog (published November 8, 2014).
"The Death of Roger B. Taney," Civil War Monitor "The Front Line" blog (published October 13, 2014).
"The Election of 1864 and the Last Temptation of Abraham Lincoln," by Joel Achenbach, in the Washington Post (September 11, 2014).
"Researchers Uncover Two More Lincoln Documents," by Chris Dettro, in the Illinois State Journal-Register (August 11, 2014).
"Inside the Photographer's Studio," Civil War Monitor "The Front Line" blog (published June 30, 2014), written with CNU student Hailey House.
"The First Civil War Monument," Civil War Monitor "The Front Line" blog (published May 26, 2014).
"Civil War in the Senate," New York Times "Disunion" blog (published January 17, 2014).
"Dreams of War," New York Times "Disunion" blog (published October 31, 2013).
"All for a Sword: The Military Treason Trial of Sarah Hutchins," Prologue 44 (Spring 2012), 14-22; reprinted in Maryland Historical Magazine 107 (Summer 2012), 155-170.
"Life During Wartime," Dickinson Magazine 89 (Spring 2012), 32-36.
"The 'Good and Kind' Heart of Lincoln," New Jersey Monthly 37 (February 2012), 34-37.
"Striking the Balance between Liberty and Security Yesterday and Today," U.S Constitution Center's "Constitution Daily" blog (published November 2, 2011).
" 'Words Become Things': Free Speech in Civil War Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Legacies 8 (May 2008), 18-23.
" 'Sweltering with Treason': The Civil War Trials of William Matthew Merrick," Prologue 39 (Summer 2007), 26-36.
"An Unlikely Database: Using the Internet Creatively in Historical Research," Perspectives on History: Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association (March 2006), 52-53.
"What Frederick Douglass Had to Say about Monuments," with Scott A. Sandage, SmithsonianMag.com (June 30, 2020).
"Let Abraham Lincoln Stand," The Hill (June 26, 2020).
"Despite the Risks, Letting Americans Vote by Mail is Good for Democracy," Washington Post (April 15, 2020).
"A Heartfelt Reunion at the End of World War I," National Guard Educational Foundation (November 20, 2018).
"The Enduring Legacy of Patsey," Muster blog of the Journal of the Civil War Era (March 21, 2017).
" 'A Shadow Over My Heart': The Transformation of a Northern Woman's Dream Life during the Civil War," UNC Press blog (March 20, 2017).
"A Belligerent President, Accusations of Treason, and Stolen Supreme Court Seat," Zocalo Public Square (March 6, 2017) and reprinted in Smithsonian Magazine (March 17, 2017).
"8 Simple Rules for Prospective Graduate Students in History," UNC Press blog (February 27, 2017).
"A Fresh Look at the 1864 Soldiers' Vote," interview in Civil War Times (February 20, 2017)
"Soldiers' Dreams with Jonathan White," interview in the Gettysburg Compiler (January 18, 2017).
"Can Republicans and Democrats Treat Each Other with Respect?" History News Network (November 17, 2016).
"A Black Soldier from Charlottesville Writes to Lincoln," inaugural blog of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia (September 30, 2016).
"The Monitor’s Demise," with Anna Gibson Holloway, We’re History (January 27, 2016).
"Copperheads," Essential Civil War Curriculum, Virginia Tech (September 2015).
"How Prisoners of War Used Their Dreams to Help Them Survive," by Sarah Kershaw, in the Washington Post (November 6, 2015).
"Relics from the Past Found from Civil War Soldier," by Candice Monhollan, in the West Chester Daily Local News (May 9, 2015).
"Why It Makes Sense to Pair Lincoln and Nelson Mandela," in Time.com (courtesy of History News Network) (April 15, 2015).
"A Terrible Loss," an article on the aftermath of the Lincoln assassination in The American Scholar (March 4, 2015).
"Black Civil War Enlistee's Letters Home Are Window into Family Life," by Ed Colimore, Philadelphia Inquirer (February 10, 2015).
"How Lincoln Won the Soldier Vote," New York Times "Disunion" blog (published November 8, 2014).
"The Death of Roger B. Taney," Civil War Monitor "The Front Line" blog (published October 13, 2014).
"The Election of 1864 and the Last Temptation of Abraham Lincoln," by Joel Achenbach, in the Washington Post (September 11, 2014).
"Researchers Uncover Two More Lincoln Documents," by Chris Dettro, in the Illinois State Journal-Register (August 11, 2014).
"Inside the Photographer's Studio," Civil War Monitor "The Front Line" blog (published June 30, 2014), written with CNU student Hailey House.
"The First Civil War Monument," Civil War Monitor "The Front Line" blog (published May 26, 2014).
"Civil War in the Senate," New York Times "Disunion" blog (published January 17, 2014).
"Dreams of War," New York Times "Disunion" blog (published October 31, 2013).
"All for a Sword: The Military Treason Trial of Sarah Hutchins," Prologue 44 (Spring 2012), 14-22; reprinted in Maryland Historical Magazine 107 (Summer 2012), 155-170.
"Life During Wartime," Dickinson Magazine 89 (Spring 2012), 32-36.
"The 'Good and Kind' Heart of Lincoln," New Jersey Monthly 37 (February 2012), 34-37.
"Striking the Balance between Liberty and Security Yesterday and Today," U.S Constitution Center's "Constitution Daily" blog (published November 2, 2011).
" 'Words Become Things': Free Speech in Civil War Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Legacies 8 (May 2008), 18-23.
" 'Sweltering with Treason': The Civil War Trials of William Matthew Merrick," Prologue 39 (Summer 2007), 26-36.
"An Unlikely Database: Using the Internet Creatively in Historical Research," Perspectives on History: Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association (March 2006), 52-53.
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