This is part two of my ideas about how to improve the study of the American Civil War online. If you missed Part 1, you can read it here. Below are three more ideas for projects that Civil War scholars should consider to make sure that the Civil War retains a prominent position in the growing field of digital history.… Read more →
From the beginning of digital history in the 1990s, Civil War scholars have led the way in creating ambitious digital projects. By far the most famous was Edward Ayers’s Valley of the Shadow project, a digital archive that gave many of today’s leading digital historians their first experience in using computers to answer historical questions. Valley of the Shadow has… Read more →