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I am a NJ born and Boston-based historian and speaker. Author of numerous books, including A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Visit: cwmemory.com
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@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialToday is Robert Gould Shaw’s birthday. One of the attendees at my talk today handed me this figurine, which I have placed next to my Civil War general made of play dough.
@btarrington.bsky.socialReposted by @civilwarmemory.bsky.socialRobert Gould Shaw was born in Boston OTD in 1837. He commanded the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Inf. in the Civil War. He & many of his soldiers were KIA in 1863. The 54th was immortalized in the 1989 film “Glory.”
Read @civilwarmemory.bsky.social’s new biography of him!
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@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialToday at 2pm I will be speaking at the Wellesley (MA) Free Library about my new biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Come on out. www.wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org/events-archi...
@americanstudier.bsky.socialReposted by @civilwarmemory.bsky.socialExcited to read @civilwarmemory.bsky.social’s new Shaw bio!
@kidadaewilliams.comReposted by @civilwarmemory.bsky.socialThe Museum of African American History in Boston and Nantucket has received a $2.5 million Lilly grant to support research and broaden public understanding of Black Christian life and thought in the 18th and 19th centuries. baystatebanner.com/2026/10/08/m...
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialTomorrow afternoon at 2PM I will be speaking at the Wellesley Historical Society about my new biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Book signing to follow Come on out if you live the Boston area. www.wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org/events-archi...
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialWill need to get back to you on that. Thanks.
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialI need to write something up, but the Lost Cause once reflected a fairly uniform set of ideas that was reflected in different ways in public spaces and the broader culture. It's much more diffuse. Individuals latch on to various threads for a wide range of reasons. That's all for how. Thanks.
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialI no longer think that it makes much sense to talk about the Lost Cause to describe a wide range of issues related to the politics and culture of Civil War memory in today's America. We desperately need a new category. #CivilWarMemory
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialThanks to everyone in the History Department at Sam Houston State University for their warm welcome and especially to Brian Jordan and Evan Rothera for inviting me to talk about my new biography of Robert Gould Shaw and for the time spent with students. It was a wonderful visit.
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialWell done.
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialThanks so much for the kind words. It was great seeing you today.
@deanjobb.bsky.socialReposted by @civilwarmemory.bsky.socialA Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw | Washington Independent Review of Books www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a...
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@hubhistory.comReposted by @civilwarmemory.bsky.socialIn this interview, Kevin Levin describes the real Robert Gould Shaw hiding behind the bronze monument on Beacon Hill, a wealthy but aimless young man whose memory lives on through a fateful summer afternoon in South Carolina. www.hubhistory.com/episodes/a-g...
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialLooking forward to delivering a lecture later today at Sam Houston State University about my new biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. #CivilWarMemory #booksky events.shsu.edu/event/civil-...
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialA fantastic book. Congratulations. #booksky
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialThanks. Atlanta, waiting for a flight to Houston.
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialMan, I hate flying.
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialWe did in the video.
@civilwarmemory.bsky.socialI enjoyed my conversation with @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social so much that we decided to turn it into a regular series called "Historians Off the Cuff." Check it out. #CivilWarMemory #publichistory 🗃️
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