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Dr. Samuel B. McGuire is an Associate Instructor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Western Carolina University. His research focuses on the Civil War-era in southern Appalachia, including postwar lives of black and white veterans, commemoration practices, and sectional reconciliation. He teaches undergraduate courses on US history, the American Civil War, and American religious history, as well as a graduate seminar on the 19th-Century South.
Education:
- PhD in History, University of Georgia (2015)
- MA in History, University of Kentucky
- BA in History, Elon University
Research Highlights: His work examines Southern Unionist memory, race relations, and community dynamics in post-Civil War East Tennessee. He has published essays on North Carolina's Kirk-Holden War of 1870 and the 1913 National Grand Army of the Republic Encampment in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His doctoral dissertation explored postwar lives of GAR members in East Tennessee.
No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. He resides in Sylva, NC with his family, pursuing hobbies like long-distance running, fly-fishing, and watching Georgia football.
