Cooper Wingert

Historian, PhD candidate @Georgetown / predoc @RichardsCenter /

[@richardscenter.bsky.social @RichardsCenter]

Predoc @cooperwingert recently wrote a series of three essays about stampedes of freedom seekers to Camp Nelson during the Civil War. The essays are part of a cooperative project between @House_Divided and the @NatlParkService Network to Freedom Program.

https://t.co/Le8BK9JI7x

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@MKB1234 @NCWM @KentStateUPress The best primary source is Lt Herman Schuricht’s diary, who describes Jenkins’s brigade at Peace Church. I also talk about Jenkins at Peace Church in my book, The Confederate Approach in Harrisburg

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Thanks to the @NCWM for the opportunity to discuss my recent article in the September 2023 issue of Civil War History @KentStateUPress

https://t.co/BCroxc9uEK

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@e_joseph_murphy Fascinating! Douglass really made the rounds!

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“In short, ONWARD TO CHICAGO has much to offer both Underground Railroad scholars as well as general readers,” writes @cooperwingert in his H-CivWar review of Larry A. McClellan’s new book. @siupress

https://t.co/YlPRdmkeGK

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@HilaryGreen77 Thank you! Looking forward to reading your book!

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@e_joseph_murphy Thanks EJ! The Thomas case has always fascinated me.

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Predoctoral fellow @cooperwingert recently sat down with the @NCWM to discuss his article, "Fighting for State Citizenship in the US Colored Troops," published in the September issue of Civil War History!

https://t.co/a5uPZcwcrv

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@e_turiano @CarolinaProgram Congrats!!

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@jamesharrigan Thank you! Not in the AoP, but in the Dept of the Susquehanna, formed to defend the state capital in Harrisburg.

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Excited to share my article in the latest issue of Civil War History: https://t.co/CO4SKxKCUS

I introduce new archival evidence revealing that two African American companies participated in the Gettysburg Campaign. (1/2)

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@e_turiano Thank you Evan!

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@arothmanhistory Thank you!

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@HilaryGreen77 Thank you!

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Their experiences, I argue, demonstrate the continuing importance of federalism and state citizenship to free Black Northerners during the Civil War. (2/2)

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@AM_Davenport Thank you, Andrew!!

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@willdoeshistory Thank you! Sounds like a fascinating project!

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@rachelshelden @processhistory @RichardsCenter Thank you, Rachel!

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New from @processhistory: Mapping the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. "The map highlights the prevalence of group escapes ... challenging scholars and students to rethink what we know about the Underground Railroad," writes @cooperwingert. https://t.co/Qk9rouekfG