Hampton Newsome
@hamptonnewsome.bsky.social
Author of Civil War books, Brentford fan 🐝, Cville resident, used to do lawyer things, On FB at Hampton Newsome - Author.
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Currently listening to Gettysburg's Southern Front in preparation for a talk on Thursday. Strange to hear someone else read your stuff - but I think David Colacci did a great job. To me, he sounds a little like David McCullough.
Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. On June 14, 1863, US Major General John Adams Dix received the following directive from General-in-Chief Henry Halleck: "All your available force should be ...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Currently listening to Gettysburg's Southern Front in preparation for a talk on Thursday. Strange to hear someone else read your stuff - but I think David Colacci did a great job. To me, he sounds a little like David McCullough.
Oct. 27 ...
Grant's Sixth Offensive at Petersburg: Brief Observations
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October 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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New in audio from @tantoraudio.bsky.social and @univpressofkansas.bsky.social. Read by J. Rodney Turner.
The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis "The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to ca...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
New in audio from @tantoraudio.bsky.social and @univpressofkansas.bsky.social. Read by J. Rodney Turner.
New in audio from @tantoraudio.bsky.social and @univpressofkansas.bsky.social. Read by J. Rodney Turner.
The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis "The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to ca...
www.audible.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
New in audio from @tantoraudio.bsky.social and @univpressofkansas.bsky.social. Read by J. Rodney Turner.
Reposted by Hampton Newsome
Audiobook is now available from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social and @tantoraudio.bsky.social. Narrated by David Colacci.
Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. On June 14, 1863, US Major General John Adams Dix received the following directive from General-in-Chief Henry Halleck: "All your available force should be ...
www.audible.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Audiobook is now available from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social and @tantoraudio.bsky.social. Narrated by David Colacci.
Audiobook is now available from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social and @tantoraudio.bsky.social. Narrated by David Colacci.
Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. On June 14, 1863, US Major General John Adams Dix received the following directive from General-in-Chief Henry Halleck: "All your available force should be ...
www.audible.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Audiobook is now available from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social and @tantoraudio.bsky.social. Narrated by David Colacci.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Calton Hill, Edinburgh …
The sample is up. The release date is October 7. From @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
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Gettysburg's Southern Front - Audiobook
by Hampton Newsome, read by David Colacci. In Gettysburg's Southern Front, Hampton Newsome offers an in-depth look into the little-known Federal advance against Richmond during the Gettysburg Campaign...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The sample is up. The release date is October 7. From @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
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Preorder: upress.virginia.edu/title/10095/
August 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Preorder: upress.virginia.edu/title/10095/
Audio version now available for preorder. @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social
Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. On June 14, 1863, US Major General John Adams Dix received the following directive from General-in-Chief Henry Halleck: "All your available force should be ...
www.audible.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Audio version now available for preorder. @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social
OTD: July 1, 1863
As the armies begin their clash at Gettysburg, U.S. forces east of Richmond lunge at Robert E. Lee's supply line and D.H. Hill comes out to meet them at Crump's Crossroads. #Gettysburg @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
As the armies begin their clash at Gettysburg, U.S. forces east of Richmond lunge at Robert E. Lee's supply line and D.H. Hill comes out to meet them at Crump's Crossroads. #Gettysburg @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
OTD: July 1, 1863
As the armies begin their clash at Gettysburg, U.S. forces east of Richmond lunge at Robert E. Lee's supply line and D.H. Hill comes out to meet them at Crump's Crossroads. #Gettysburg @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
As the armies begin their clash at Gettysburg, U.S. forces east of Richmond lunge at Robert E. Lee's supply line and D.H. Hill comes out to meet them at Crump's Crossroads. #Gettysburg @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
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June 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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I had a great time talking about the Petersburg Campaign at the annual Civil War seminar hosted by Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and Longwood University earlier this year in Farmville.
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1864 Richmond-Petersburg Campaign
Historian Hampton Newsome discussed the October 1864 battles between Generals Grant and Lee around Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia. This event was part of a Civil War seminar hosted by Appomattox Co...
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May 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I had a great time talking about the Petersburg Campaign at the annual Civil War seminar hosted by Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and Longwood University earlier this year in Farmville.
www.c-span.org/program/the-...
www.c-span.org/program/the-...
Restocking
I like to hand these out at talks because it contains the best battle accounts no one has ever heard of before ... as well as mentions of 19th Century civil service reform and the Readjuster movement.
The paperback version from @uvapress.bsky.social
came out recently.
I like to hand these out at talks because it contains the best battle accounts no one has ever heard of before ... as well as mentions of 19th Century civil service reform and the Readjuster movement.
The paperback version from @uvapress.bsky.social
came out recently.
April 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Restocking
I like to hand these out at talks because it contains the best battle accounts no one has ever heard of before ... as well as mentions of 19th Century civil service reform and the Readjuster movement.
The paperback version from @uvapress.bsky.social
came out recently.
I like to hand these out at talks because it contains the best battle accounts no one has ever heard of before ... as well as mentions of 19th Century civil service reform and the Readjuster movement.
The paperback version from @uvapress.bsky.social
came out recently.
Happy to report that my book about North Carolina in 1864 from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social is coming out in audio soon. www.audible.com/pd/B0F691KJ8...
The Fight for the Old North State
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis "The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to ca...
www.audible.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Happy to report that my book about North Carolina in 1864 from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social is coming out in audio soon. www.audible.com/pd/B0F691KJ8...
The “under the desk” pile this morning.
March 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The “under the desk” pile this morning.
Current Read:
By Michael Vorenberg from Knopf.
Really enjoying this one - highly recommend it. #histbookchart #history
By Michael Vorenberg from Knopf.
Really enjoying this one - highly recommend it. #histbookchart #history
March 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Current Read:
By Michael Vorenberg from Knopf.
Really enjoying this one - highly recommend it. #histbookchart #history
By Michael Vorenberg from Knopf.
Really enjoying this one - highly recommend it. #histbookchart #history
Nice sale from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social - some great titles are 70% off.
Warehouse Sale - University Press of Kansas
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March 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Nice sale from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social - some great titles are 70% off.