Barton A. Myers
Myers teaches courses on the American Civil War, war and society, the U.S. South, and public history. His research interests are irregular warfare, soldiers and atrocity, and political dissent.
Barton A. Myers
Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and History (Term 2019-2022) and Associate Professor of Civil War History
- Newcomb Hall 223
- P: 540-458-8776
- E: myersb@wlu.edu
Education
- Miller Postdoctoral Fellow in Military History 2009-10, Cornell
- Ph.D. 2009 University of Georgia, Athens
- M.A. 2005 University of Georgia, Athens
- B.A. 2003 College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
Research
- Irregular Warfare
- Soldiers and Atrocity
- Political Dissent
Teaching
- American Civil War
- War and Society
- U.S. South
- Public History
Selected Publications
Book
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The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2017). (Co-edited with Brian D. McKnight)
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Rebels against the Confederacy: North Carolina’s Unionists (Cambridge University Press, October 2014).
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Executing Daniel Bright: Race, Loyalty, and Guerrilla Violence in a Coastal Carolina Community, 1861-1865 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, October 2009, Paperback November 2011). Winner of the 2009 Jules and Frances Landry Award for the best book on a southern studies topic.
Journal Articles/Book Chapters
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“The Future of Civil War Studies: Military History,” The Journal of the Civil War Era vol. 2, no. 1 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, Official Publication of the Society of Civil War Historians, March 2012).
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“Dissecting the Torture of Mrs. Owens: The Story of a Civil War Atrocity,” Stephen Berry ed. Weirding the War: Stories from the Civil War’s Ragged Edges (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2011).
- “’A More Rigorous Style of Warfare’: Wild’s Raid, Guerrilla Violence and Negotiated Neutrality in Northeastern North Carolina,” Paul D. Escott ed., North Carolinians in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008).