John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History

John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History The John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History promotes scholarship, teaching, and public outreach

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New on the blog: Nau Center intern Jaiden Mosley discusses his summer internship at Antietam National Battlefield!"Antie...
08/27/2026

New on the blog: Nau Center intern Jaiden Mosley discusses his summer internship at Antietam National Battlefield!

"Antietam will forever hold a special place in my heart," Mosley writes. "I have so much respect for the park rangers, interns, and staff members I worked with throughout the summer. I learned so much about the importance the Battle of Antietam has to our shared American story." Visit our website to read more: https://naucenter.as.virginia.edu/blog-page/reflections-antietam-jaiden-mosley-discusses-his-summer-internship

Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Jeremy A. Nelson, whose article "A Beastly Ceasefire: Wildlife in the Civil War S...
08/21/2026

Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Jeremy A. Nelson, whose article "A Beastly Ceasefire: Wildlife in the Civil War South" will be published in the September issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era!

Visit the journal's website to learn more: https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/issues/table-of-contents/

Morgan Amison, one of our fantastic Nau Center summer interns, is spending the summer at Appomattox Court House National...
07/09/2026

Morgan Amison, one of our fantastic Nau Center summer interns, is spending the summer at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park!

Graduate student Jaiden Mosley, one of our fantastic Nau Center interns, is spending the summer at Antietam National Bat...
07/07/2026

Graduate student Jaiden Mosley, one of our fantastic Nau Center interns, is spending the summer at Antietam National Battlefield!

Thank you to all the incredible teachers who took part in our 5th annual Summer Teacher Seminar! Thank you to Lois MacMi...
06/26/2026

Thank you to all the incredible teachers who took part in our 5th annual Summer Teacher Seminar!

Thank you to Lois MacMillan for helping coordinate the seminar, to Keith Bohannon for helping lead our Chancellorsville battlefield tour, to Ed Donnellan and Lewis Longenecker for their excellent presentations, and to Kathryn Patterson for assisting with the seminar!

Congratulations to all our Nau Center scholars who took part in the Society of Civil War Historians Conference! Postdoct...
06/22/2026

Congratulations to all our Nau Center scholars who took part in the Society of Civil War Historians Conference!

Postdoctoral Fellow Jeremy Nelson presented a paper on "The Flat Rock Crow Club: Toward an Environmental History of Reconstruction."

Clayton Butler (PhD 2020) discussed "Writing and Publishing" during the Early Career Luncheon.

Managing Director Brian Neumann chaired a panel on "New Approaches to Gender and Unionism in the Civil War Era"

Professor Elizabeth Varon chaired a panel on "Figures of Disunion: Biographical and Microhistorical Perspectives on the Secession Crisis"

PhD candidate Kathryn Patterson volunteered at the conference.

Graduate student Margaret Matheson presented a paper on "Confederate Anti-Heroines: Women, Union Deserters, and Military Courts in Civil War Maryland"

Postdoctoral Fellow Andrew Turner took part in a roundtable on "Still Searching for the Common Soldier: New Directions for Coming Decades."

Solomon Galpern, one of our fantastic Nau Center interns, is spending the summer at Manassas National Battlefield Park!P...
06/15/2026

Solomon Galpern, one of our fantastic Nau Center interns, is spending the summer at Manassas National Battlefield Park!

Photo 1: Solomon with his parents
Photo 2: Solomon leading a battlefield tour

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