Academic works (link to Google Docs)

Some of the works I have written since starting graduate school.

"The Wayward Sisters: The Ratification of the Constitution in North Carolina and Rhode Island"  This was a brown bag seminar, presented to my fellow grad students, so the tone is light-hearted.  I wanted to explore the relationship between the United States, and the last two states to ratify the constitution, North Carolina and Rhode Island.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-4PJ9jiV17kNzY5ZWJmNGMtNzRmZC00MDNkLThlOGUtMTg2NGY2NWI0NzJk&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

"What We Have to Expect: Harper's Ferry and Extradition"An article to be published in an upcoming collection of essays to commemorate the sesquicentennial of John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-4PJ9jiV17kNjg1NzcyNTctYmU4My00ZjNiLThkMzUtNTM3OTNjNWE3MTY1&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

"The Economics of Coercion"a paper I delivered at the Fauquier County Historical Society in March 2010.  The paper examines the effect of secession and the changes in tariff policies in the period between 3 March 1861 and 15 April 1861.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-4PJ9jiV17kMDA5N2NkZjktMWI3Ny00OGVmLWFkZDEtMThlOWYwZjNhMGRh&hl=en&authkey=CLman9gC

Secession in a Mountain County: Calhoun County Alabama.  A Graduate seminar paper.  Calhoun was the northern-most county in Alabama to vote for secession.  This paper examines how the county went about debating the issue, and selecting delegates to go to the state convention in Montgomery.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-4PJ9jiV17kODA4ZmQ5NjYtMjMwZi00YjIzLWIyMTctZTg2MjViZGQxOWU4&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

Maps to accompany the Calhoun County paper.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-4PJ9jiV17kZjdiMTUwMTgtMjI0MC00MGI5LTk1NTctOGI1N2EzYzg4NzA1&hl=en&authkey=CKaFqcoJ

Confederate Memorials in Virginia.  My second graduate seminar paper.  This paper examines the erection and dedication of Confederate monuments in the several counties of the Commonwealth.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-4PJ9jiV17kOGJhNjdjMmEtNDdjMS00MjJhLWI0YmItNWFlYzdlMjc0YTRl&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

Finally, my Defense Research Paper from King's College London in 2006: "Fear, Interest and Honor," which explores what seceding states said  were theiur reasons for leaving the Union.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-4PJ9jiV17kNmRjMzhiYTktOGIzOS00MmU2LWEyZDctOWMwZTI3MTkzNTRj&sort=name&layout=list&pid=0B-4PJ9jiV17kZGJkZjAzOTMtYzM1Yi00ZTM1LWE1NjYtOTQ0ZWU4YzhhYmU5&cindex=3&authkey=CMer4qkI