Jonathan S. Jones
@jonathansjones.bsky.social
Historian 🗃️ | US Civil War era, History of Medicine | My book *Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis* is now out from UNC Press, tinyurl.com/opiumslavery) | proud #firstgen | jonathansjones.net
Heading to @thesouthernsha.bsky.social next week? Join the Society of Civil War Historians Early Career Committee for for our annual Happy Hour!
5:00-6:30 pm Friday, November 7 in The Glades @jcwe.bsky.social 🗃️
5:00-6:30 pm Friday, November 7 in The Glades @jcwe.bsky.social 🗃️
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Heading to @thesouthernsha.bsky.social next week? Join the Society of Civil War Historians Early Career Committee for for our annual Happy Hour!
5:00-6:30 pm Friday, November 7 in The Glades @jcwe.bsky.social 🗃️
5:00-6:30 pm Friday, November 7 in The Glades @jcwe.bsky.social 🗃️
It’s officially pub day for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis! Available at a bookshop near you. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to bring this research to life! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146968953...
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s officially pub day for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis! Available at a bookshop near you. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to bring this research to life! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146968953...
Look what came in the mail today, @uncpress.bsky.social @simpsonvos.bsky.social @profsommerville.bsky.social! 🗃️
October 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Look what came in the mail today, @uncpress.bsky.social @simpsonvos.bsky.social @profsommerville.bsky.social! 🗃️
new polling suggests that American support for Israel's genocide in Gaza is starting to mirror how Americans felt about the US's conduct in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive in 1968-69 (from the big picture, at least) 🗃️
www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/p...
July 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
new polling suggests that American support for Israel's genocide in Gaza is starting to mirror how Americans felt about the US's conduct in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive in 1968-69 (from the big picture, at least) 🗃️
www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/p...
Imagine proof reading this footnote 🫠 (from The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion Part 2 Volume 1)
July 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Imagine proof reading this footnote 🫠 (from The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion Part 2 Volume 1)
Proof of life! We have page proofs for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis, coming this October with @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️
June 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Proof of life! We have page proofs for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis, coming this October with @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️
I assumed this is what he wanted 🤷
May 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I assumed this is what he wanted 🤷
y'all seeing this too right now? 🗃️
May 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
y'all seeing this too right now? 🗃️
I’m so thrilled to share the cover of my first book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis, forthcoming this fall from @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️
April 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’m so thrilled to share the cover of my first book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis, forthcoming this fall from @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️
Beautiful day for the Virginia Marathon all the way up Bull Run Mountain. Got lost on the way down and stumbled into the Shire.
March 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Beautiful day for the Virginia Marathon all the way up Bull Run Mountain. Got lost on the way down and stumbled into the Shire.
My girl turned 2 today. I mean look at that face, who can say no
January 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
My girl turned 2 today. I mean look at that face, who can say no
Circulating on here for any Civil War and Reconstruction #skystorians. 1-year Post Doc at the Nau Center, applications due January 15. A terrific opportunity plus some wonderful people! 🗃️
January 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Circulating on here for any Civil War and Reconstruction #skystorians. 1-year Post Doc at the Nau Center, applications due January 15. A terrific opportunity plus some wonderful people! 🗃️
mostly just posting dog pics in 2025
January 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
mostly just posting dog pics in 2025
My Christmas sith lord
December 30, 2024 at 4:04 PM
My Christmas sith lord
Checking out for the holidays 👋 I'll leave y'all with my girl who started doing this totally unprompted and now can't go walking without
December 20, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Checking out for the holidays 👋 I'll leave y'all with my girl who started doing this totally unprompted and now can't go walking without
pretending to be human
November 16, 2024 at 4:47 PM
pretending to be human
Rock climbing
November 9, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Rock climbing
In case y'all need this
November 6, 2024 at 12:13 AM
In case y'all need this
First marathon finished! Chessie Trail Marathon in Lexington, VA. Dodged a five foot snake by the finish line, no joke. 🐍
October 26, 2024 at 11:32 PM
First marathon finished! Chessie Trail Marathon in Lexington, VA. Dodged a five foot snake by the finish line, no joke. 🐍
Heading out to the Southern Historical Association conference next month?
The Early Career Committee of the Society of Civil War Historians is excited to host our annual happy hour on Oct 25 at 4:30-5:30. Join us! 🗃️
The Early Career Committee of the Society of Civil War Historians is excited to host our annual happy hour on Oct 25 at 4:30-5:30. Join us! 🗃️
September 19, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Heading out to the Southern Historical Association conference next month?
The Early Career Committee of the Society of Civil War Historians is excited to host our annual happy hour on Oct 25 at 4:30-5:30. Join us! 🗃️
The Early Career Committee of the Society of Civil War Historians is excited to host our annual happy hour on Oct 25 at 4:30-5:30. Join us! 🗃️
Love this, from JMU's underground newspaper The Fixer ('69-73) www.lib.jmu.edu/the-fixer-jm...
August 24, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Love this, from JMU's underground newspaper The Fixer ('69-73) www.lib.jmu.edu/the-fixer-jm...
Never forget how he butchered Sambas
July 5, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Never forget how he butchered Sambas
Here you go bluesky. Lab or beaver, you decide
February 8, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Here you go bluesky. Lab or beaver, you decide
Happy new year friends!
January 1, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Happy new year friends!
My students and me made the list!
Here’s our experiment interrogating an AI essay on Frederick Douglass. www.historians.org/research-and...
Here’s our experiment interrogating an AI essay on Frederick Douglass. www.historians.org/research-and...
December 28, 2023 at 5:10 PM
My students and me made the list!
Here’s our experiment interrogating an AI essay on Frederick Douglass. www.historians.org/research-and...
Here’s our experiment interrogating an AI essay on Frederick Douglass. www.historians.org/research-and...