Today's guest is the director of the University of Virginia's Nau Center for Civil War History - Caroline E. Janney. Recognized for excellence in teaching, Caroline is also an award-winning scholar. Her many publications include Burying the Dead But Not the Past: Ladies' Memorial Associations and the Lost Cause, Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation, and Ends of War: The Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox, all from UNC Press, where she is also coeditor for the Civil War America series. Caroline bleeds Blue and Orange for UVA and grew up just up the road from Charlottesville in Luray, Virginia, tucked in amongst the Blue Ridge Mountains. Join us for an entertaining chat with one of the top scholars of the Civil War - we'll talk walking Civil War battlefields as a kid with her grandfather, Cooter's Place, working summers for the National Park Service, Bodo's Bagels, coffee snobbery, George Winston, and much more.

Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

Shoutout to BBQ Exchange in Gordonsville, Virginia!

Rec.: 10/10/2025