Laura June Davis, PhD
@laurajunedavis.bsky.social
History Professor, #skystorians, Writer, dog lover and AcaMama. Specialities: #CivilWar, Gender, Military, Naval, #SocialStudiesEd, #WomenStudies.
My Office is ready for Halloween.
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My Office is ready for Halloween.
#NavigatingthePast Day 2 begins now aboard the USS New Jersey!
October 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#NavigatingthePast Day 2 begins now aboard the USS New Jersey!
#NavigatingThePast Day 1 is wrapping up. Honored to have been part of such an innovative and inspiring conference in honor of #Homecoming250, #USMC250, and #USNavy250 .
October 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
#NavigatingThePast Day 1 is wrapping up. Honored to have been part of such an innovative and inspiring conference in honor of #Homecoming250, #USMC250, and #USNavy250 .
Kicking off right now: #NavigatingThePast Conference
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Kicking off right now: #NavigatingThePast Conference
#NavigatingThePast kicked off tonight with an opening reception at the Libray Company of Philadelphia and a call for academics to be "ambassadors of historical context." Tomorrow begins 2 days of Navy/USMC history in honor of #Homecoming250 and the 2 branches 250th birthdays.
October 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
#NavigatingThePast kicked off tonight with an opening reception at the Libray Company of Philadelphia and a call for academics to be "ambassadors of historical context." Tomorrow begins 2 days of Navy/USMC history in honor of #Homecoming250 and the 2 branches 250th birthdays.
Congrats to the newly commissioned 2nd Lts of the Columbus State University Army ROTC Cougar Battalion! It was an honor and a privilege to be your history professor last fall.
May 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Congrats to the newly commissioned 2nd Lts of the Columbus State University Army ROTC Cougar Battalion! It was an honor and a privilege to be your history professor last fall.
History friends: if you know of any recently graduated PhDs or soon to be graduating PhDs looking for a job, we need a US historian for next year!
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April 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
History friends: if you know of any recently graduated PhDs or soon to be graduating PhDs looking for a job, we need a US historian for next year!
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"In front of descendants of Sand Creek Massacre survivors, Colorado lawmakers unanimously greenlighted a memorial sculpture Monday to commemorate the 1864 atrocity at the State Capitol." 🗃️ www.cpr.org/2025/04/15/s...
Sand Creek Massacre memorial to replace Civil War statue at the Colorado State Capitol
Colorado lawmakers voted unanimously to approve a 24-foot statue to commemorate the Sand Creek Massacre. It will replace a Civil War statue torn down in 2020.
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April 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"In front of descendants of Sand Creek Massacre survivors, Colorado lawmakers unanimously greenlighted a memorial sculpture Monday to commemorate the 1864 atrocity at the State Capitol." 🗃️ www.cpr.org/2025/04/15/s...
I just registered for the Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH) Triennial Conference at Bethune-Cookman University this June! Are you going?
April 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I just registered for the Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH) Triennial Conference at Bethune-Cookman University this June! Are you going?
Inspired by Revolutionary Songs & Michelle Orihel's piece on Toasting, I had students write toasts or song lyrics based on Patriots' or Loyalists' perspectives. They worked in groups & had 15 minutes but they were creative, referenced specific historical themes or events & had fun. #teachingwin
Just Add Sparkling Grape Juice: Toasting and the Historical Imagination in the Early Republic Classroom - Commonplace
As students write and perform toasts, they attempt to speak the (often combative) language of 1790's politics.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Inspired by Revolutionary Songs & Michelle Orihel's piece on Toasting, I had students write toasts or song lyrics based on Patriots' or Loyalists' perspectives. They worked in groups & had 15 minutes but they were creative, referenced specific historical themes or events & had fun. #teachingwin
My favorite way to start a trip. :)
Excited to see my fellow blue jacket historians in Annapolis soon.
Excited to see my fellow blue jacket historians in Annapolis soon.
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My favorite way to start a trip. :)
Excited to see my fellow blue jacket historians in Annapolis soon.
Excited to see my fellow blue jacket historians in Annapolis soon.
Starting a new project:
“A sailor wife sat out on the shore,
& dreamed of a ship on the deep,
But her sailorman she saw no more,
For he slept in a sound, sound sleep...
The winds were sad & the waves were mild,
& the sea sang a story of life,
A lullaby 2 the sailor-child,
A wail 2 the sailor wife”
“A sailor wife sat out on the shore,
& dreamed of a ship on the deep,
But her sailorman she saw no more,
For he slept in a sound, sound sleep...
The winds were sad & the waves were mild,
& the sea sang a story of life,
A lullaby 2 the sailor-child,
A wail 2 the sailor wife”
December 17, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Starting a new project:
“A sailor wife sat out on the shore,
& dreamed of a ship on the deep,
But her sailorman she saw no more,
For he slept in a sound, sound sleep...
The winds were sad & the waves were mild,
& the sea sang a story of life,
A lullaby 2 the sailor-child,
A wail 2 the sailor wife”
“A sailor wife sat out on the shore,
& dreamed of a ship on the deep,
But her sailorman she saw no more,
For he slept in a sound, sound sleep...
The winds were sad & the waves were mild,
& the sea sang a story of life,
A lullaby 2 the sailor-child,
A wail 2 the sailor wife”
December 15, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Celebrating a productive and successful SMH Conference Program Committee Meeting in NOLA with some beignet bites. We had a great group and the experience ended up being a lot of fun. Looking forward to Mobile in March!
December 7, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Celebrating a productive and successful SMH Conference Program Committee Meeting in NOLA with some beignet bites. We had a great group and the experience ended up being a lot of fun. Looking forward to Mobile in March!
Starting my whirlwind 36 hour trip to NOLA off right. There's nothing like conference planning and service work right in the middle of finals.
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Starting my whirlwind 36 hour trip to NOLA off right. There's nothing like conference planning and service work right in the middle of finals.
Today, I talked with the Columbus Scholars (a mentor program for mostly high school students from impoveroshed single parent households) about pirates, history, and tips for how to succeed in college. They were an impressive group!
November 16, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Today, I talked with the Columbus Scholars (a mentor program for mostly high school students from impoveroshed single parent households) about pirates, history, and tips for how to succeed in college. They were an impressive group!
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It's the 160th anniversary of the start of Sherman's March to the Sea. So that makes it the 10th anniversary of my book Through the Heart of Dixie! (@uncpress.bsky.social) uncpress.org/book/9781469... Also if you want to retrace the March, check out shermansmarch.org 🔥🗃️
Through the Heart of Dixie | Anne Sarah Rubin | University of North Carolina Press
Sherman's March, cutting a path through Georgia and the Carolinas, is among the most symbolically potent events of the Civil War. In Through the Heart of Dix...
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November 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM
It's the 160th anniversary of the start of Sherman's March to the Sea. So that makes it the 10th anniversary of my book Through the Heart of Dixie! (@uncpress.bsky.social) uncpress.org/book/9781469... Also if you want to retrace the March, check out shermansmarch.org 🔥🗃️
Welcome @sawh1970.bsky.social to Bluesky and the growing world of #skystorians !
November 16, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Welcome @sawh1970.bsky.social to Bluesky and the growing world of #skystorians !
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2 years ago, my book ESCAPE TO THE CITY saw the light of the world. If you can, buy it anywhere except through extremely big & disproportionally powerful e-commerce companies. @uncpress.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Escape to the City | Viola Franziska Müller | University of North Carolina Press
Viola Franziska Müller examines runaways who camouflaged themselves among the free Black populations in Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, and Richmond. In...
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October 15, 2024 at 9:55 AM
2 years ago, my book ESCAPE TO THE CITY saw the light of the world. If you can, buy it anywhere except through extremely big & disproportionally powerful e-commerce companies. @uncpress.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Reposted by Laura June Davis, PhD
Good day at sea in the Civil War, November 9, 1863. Writing this gave me some hope. Check it out, support if you can. 🗃️ #MilitaryHistory #NavalHistory
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Just Another Day in the Civil War - We Carry On to Eventual Victory
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November 9, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Good day at sea in the Civil War, November 9, 1863. Writing this gave me some hope. Check it out, support if you can. 🗃️ #MilitaryHistory #NavalHistory
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Woke up, hugged my boys, and burst into tears.
November 6, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Woke up, hugged my boys, and burst into tears.