The Families' Civil War with Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr.

I am very happy to welcome Dr. Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. to the show. Holly received his bachelor’s degree (2008) from the University of Central Florida. Later, he earned his master’s degree (2010) and doctoral degree (2017) from the University of Iowa. His research focuses on the intersectionality of race, gender, and class in the military from 1850 through the 1930s. He is an Assistant Professor of History in the Department of History, Anthropology, & Philosophy at Augusta University. His monograph, The Families’ Civil War, is under contract with the University of Georgia Press in the UnCivil Wars Series. This book is due out sometime next year and is already generating a lot of excitement - so if you want a sneak peek…have a listen! We discuss:

The inspiration behind the writing of this book
Historiography and the gap in the scholarship when it comes to black soldiers’ families
Why does this study focus on Philadelphia?
Economic hardships for family members behind the lines
Lasting problems for the families of USCT soldiers
Researching historically marginalized people
“Fictive kin” and modified family structures
Creating stability, fighting discrimination and community activism
Intersectionalism and historical scholarship
The history of the so-called “common” experience of Civil War soldiers and why that is a problematic approach
Tragedy and empowerment

Listen up…

Stay tuned to this website because I will most definitely be making a lot of noise when the book hits the stores. In the meantime, be sure and follow Holly on Twitter and check out his website. AND…don’t forget to subscribe to The Rogue Historian Podcast and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts or your favorite app so you never ever ever ever miss a show. That would be dumb.

And you are interest in reading some of the book we mentioned….well here you go:

Barbara Gannon, The Won Cause

Adam Domby, The False Cause

Allison Johnson, The Scars We Carve

James Mendez, A Great Sacrifice

William Marvel, Lincoln’s Mercenaries

With compliments,

Keith