Soldiers in the Civil War recorded many of their experiences, including their dreams. These allow an insight into who they were and, most importantly, what they experienced.

Dissertation, HistoryBrian GuthrieOctober 8, 2024History, American History, Civil War, Civil War Veterans, dreams, Civil War dreams, PTSDComment

The Great Depression: A Monetary Crisis?

In 1929, an event shook almost every country’s economy in the world like an earthquake tearing apart a city. In a matter of days, the wealth of billions vanished as the stock markets crashed, banks failed, and prices skyrocketed. That event, known as the Great Depression, came as the result of a long series of events, and it set the world on the path toward World War Two.

HistoryBrian GuthrieApril 20, 2023History, Short Take, Great Depression, Economic HistoryComment

Struggle for Recognition: Civil War Soldiers Fighting for Disability into the 20th Century

The struggle for pensions proved to be a long conflict, a never-ending struggle to prove incapacity to an American population that steadily grew more skeptical and less generous as the Gilded Age of American history ended.

Brian GuthrieApril 14, 2023Comment

A Brief Comparative Analysis of Civil War Pensions

Comparative Analysis of Civil War Pension Systems

Alaska ComiCon!

Update on my upcoming trip to Alaska ComiCon

Author, Fall, inkshares, RiseBrian GuthrieFebruary 15, 2023fall, author, Alaska ComiCon, Rise, InksharesComment

The Quakers of our Lives - Penelope Johnson's Forbidden Love

Author Update: Fall, Shatter, Ph.D., Book Sales, and More

Author, Fall, Rise, inksharesBrian GuthrieNovember 13, 2022fall, rise, shatter, Inkshares, History, Phd, publication, audibleComment

Short Takes on History: The Sword in the Bible - Warrior Ethos in Church History

Christians given the mission to spread the gospel contradicted their message with their militant approach that encouraged genocidal behavior and extreme racial prejudice and helped created a toxic masculine culture in the American church still prevalent today. This discussion details the brutality common to church history, pointing out the near constant presence of swords or guns carried with Bibles. Examples include first encounters with European explorers, seizure of land from previous occupants coupled with religious fervor toward the savages’ salvation, and the foundation of a key Protestant denomination on the pillar of southern chattel slavery. This discussion demonstrates how this confrontational culture continued into the 20th and 21st centuries, building on a warrior legacy present since the time of Christ.