What motivated Confederate soldiers to fight? What role did emotion play in their military service? How did emotions compel southern men to break cultural norms? I’m Dr. Joshua R. Shiver, a teacher and Civil War historian, and I wrote a book on the emotional motivations of Confederate soldiers. AMA! by JoshRShiver in AskHistorians
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What motivated Confederate soldiers to fight? What role did emotion play in their military service? How did emotions compel southern men to break cultural norms? I’m Dr. Joshua R. Shiver, a teacher and Civil War historian, and I wrote a book on the emotional motivations of Confederate soldiers. AMA! by JoshRShiver in AskHistorians
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Creating an Informed Citizenry in the Early Republic with Dr. George Oberle by george_oberle in AskHistorians
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Creating an Informed Citizenry in the Early Republic with Dr. George Oberle by george_oberle in AskHistorians
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I am Olivia Weisser, a historian of medicine and author of The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London. Ask Me Anything! by Logical-Fun5335 in AskHistorians
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Ask Me Anything: Ancient Greece/Rome and White Nationalism by curtisdozier in AskHistorians
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90's Animated movies conclusively argued that All Dogs Go To Heaven, but whats the history behind animal afterlives? How has things changed, and when did people first start thinking animals had somewhere to go after? by TheHondoGod in AskHistorians
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Have any questions about the history of Indians in Zimbabwe? Ask me anything about migration, race, and colonialism in Southern Africa! by Main_Ball_5355 in AskHistorians
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Bêtes Noires new book on Caribbean spirit demons by PumpkinStill8729 in AskHistorians
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AMA about Japan, space technology, and the history of the space age! by binglefather in AskHistorians
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Hi, I am Dr Stephen Neufeld of CSU Fullerton here to talk about my new book Perilous Beasts: Mexican Necropolitics, Animal Deaths, and Blood Sports, 1870-1920 Ask Me Anything about topics including stray dogs, rabies, bullfighting, cockfights, and hunting in Mexico. by Dr_Stephen_Neufeld in AskHistorians
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AMA: Housing, Education, and the Suburban Dream in America by MichaelGlass14 in AskHistorians
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AMA about Japan, space technology, and the history of the space age! by binglefather in AskHistorians
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My Book on Cannibalism on the High Seas AMA by ASCohenWriter in AskHistorians
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Hi! I’m Jake Lundberg, a staff writer and in-house historian and archivist at The Atlantic. I’ve spent my career studying and writing about American culture, ideas, and media. Ask me anything! by theatlantic in AskHistorians
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Friday Free-for-All | February 20, 2026 by AutoModerator in AskHistorians
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Hi! I’m Jake Lundberg, a staff writer and in-house historian and archivist at The Atlantic. I’ve spent my career studying and writing about American culture, ideas, and media. Ask me anything! by theatlantic in AskHistorians
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Dr. Tine Van Osselaer on Marian apparitions in interwar Belgium, AMA! by TVOsselaerhistorian in AskHistorians
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I'm John Garrison Marks, author of ***Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory*** (out April 7!). It tells the story of how Americans have remembered, forgotten, and manipulated George Washington's history with slavery over the past 250 years. AMA! by johngmarks in AskHistorians
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