Warren Milteer

History by Algorithm or What AI Doesn’t Understand About Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Why historians still matter in the age of AI.

History by Algorithm or What AI Doesn’t Understand About Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

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Finished a workshop about the Civil War & Reconstruction with NC teachers today. Only wish more people were in attendance.

Looking forward to checking out this advance copy of Melvin Ely's forthcoming book!

So glad my talk on *Entangled Alliances* got rescheduled after the January ice storm. 📚

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Christiana Carteaux Bannister is not a name that most people think of when discussing the Civil War. However, she’s an important actor in my forthcoming book, Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom. She was one of the strongest supporters of the 54th Mass. Inf. during the struggle for equal pay.

The Historians Behind Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" Three experts discuss their behind-the-scenes experience as historical advisers to the new series.

"Native nations were vital participants, and their choices helped to determine the outcome of the Revolution."
Kathleen DuVal (NHC Fellow, 2008–09; 2025–26) discusses her experience as a historical advisor for Ken Burns’ 2025 docuseries, "The American Revolution."

Help me help you (by you applying and me hopefully giving you money!!!). If you are working on the Intermountain regions of the American West, I'd like to hear about it! Apply and please share and help us spread the word!

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How can you be talking about HISTORY with everything that's going on. 18th century history? Women's history? Waves hands.

Friends, it is precisely because of everything that's going on that we need to talk about history much, much more.

I don't think most people understand how little we make off of books

Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom : Warren Eugene Milteer Free people of color were both architects of equal rights and active participants in the Civil War, on and off the battlefield. Their unique status as already free persons before emancipation shaped t...

UNC Press has posted a preview of my forthcoming book on Book2Look. The Intro, Chapter 1, and part of Chapter 2 are available to view for free.
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Christiana Carteaux Bannister is not a name that most people think of when discussing the Civil War. However, she’s an important actor in my forthcoming book, Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom. She was one of the strongest supporters of the 54th Mass. Inf. during the struggle for equal pay.

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Given how much of the conversation about higher ed in the U.S. revolves around a handful of elite institutions, I'm gonna reshare today's blog post a bunch of times. These are colleagues at our regional comprehensive public uni who, while teaching at least a 4-4, have published so much great stuff.

The same happens when you open the book

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Freedom in the Age of Slavery <p><b>An authoritative study of the free people of color in the largest state of the Old South</b></p><p>Virginia was the state with the most enslaved

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In my forthcoming book, Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom, I discuss Baltimore native Thomas Toogood, a free man of color who was a cook on the USS Iroquois. The Iroquois served in the Mediterranean, defending US interests, and in the East Indies, where it chased the rebel raider Shenandoah.

Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom Free people of color were both architects of equal rights and active participants in the Civil War, on and off the battlefield. Their unique status as alread...

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Many many many thanks to @woodbrooke.bsky.social for virtually hosting me on the 27th! Going to discuss Quakers, slavery, and early abolitionist strategies in the American South.

I’m not great at self-promotion, but my new book enabled me to highlight so many people I admire and respect, especially artists, who have helped me see a wider array of primary documents available to scholars.

Photos: Oxford, Mississippi, After the Ice Storm A historic late January 2026 weekend ice storm left Oxford, Mississippi, frozen and without power. Here are some photos of the aftermath.

The historic ice storm left Oxford, Mississippi, without power.

Here are some photos of the city in the aftermath.

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