Angela Zombek

I am a Cleveland, Ohio native, historian of the Civil War Era, and serve as the Graduate Coordinator for the History Department at UNCW. I am also managing editor of Kent State University Press's book series "Interpreting the Civil War: Texts and Contexts." I am passionate about teaching and about history and have had the opportunity to teach in many settings, including the National Park Service (Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park), St. Francis High School (Gainesville, FL), and St. Petersburg College (Clearwater, FL).

Education

B.A. in History, The College of Wooster 2004
M.A. in History, The University of Akron 2006
Ph.D. in History, The University of Florida 2012

Specialization in Teaching

HST 106: U.S. History Since 1865
HST 271: The Civil War and Emancipation
HST 271: Incarceration Nation: Imprisonment in the U.S., 1776-1900
HST 290: Rock ‘n’ Roll and American Society
HST 290: The Civil War Era
HST 346: The Old South
HST 354: The Antebellum United States
HST 355: The Civil War and Reconstruction
HST 444/526: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
HST 500: Graduate Colloquium: Historians, Historiography, and the Practice of History
HST 520: Graduate Colloquium: The Civil War Era
HST 520: Graduate Colloquium Online MA for Teachers Program: The Civil War Era
HST 590: Graduate Colloquium Online MA for Teachers Program: The Historian’s Craft: Issues and Approaches

Research Interests

Select Publications:
Under Contract: "Stronghold of the Union: Key West Under Martial Law," University Press of Florida

"Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons: Familiar Responses to an Extraordinary Crisis during the American Civil War," Kent State University Press, 2018

“Defending the U.S.’s Southernmost Possessions: Union Volunteers’ Occupation of Fort Jefferson and Key West, Florida, 1862-1864” Journal of Military History, no. 88, October 2024

“The Popular Press and the Personal Experiences of Civil War Prisoners,” in David Sachsman and Katrina Quinn, eds., Civil War Soldiers and the Press, Routledge Press, 2023

“The Power of the Press: Defining Disloyalty at Old Capitol Prison,” Journal of the Civil War Era, Vol. 10, No. 3 Nov. 2018

“Catholics in Captivity: Priests, Prisoners, and the Living Faith in Civil War MilitaryPrisons,” in Michael P. Gray, ed., Crossing the Deadlines: Civil War Prisons Reconsidered, Kent State University Press, 2018

“Citizenship – Compulsory or Convenient: Federal Officials, Confederate Prisoners, and the Oath of Allegiance,” in Paul J. Quigley, ed., The American Civil War and the Transformation of Citizenship, Louisiana State University Press, 2017

“Paternalism and Imprisonment at Castle Thunder: Reinforcing Gender Norms in the Confederate Capital,” Civil War History, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2017

“Camp Chase Prison: An Examination of Power and Resistance on the Northern Home Front, 1863,” Ohio History Vol. 118, 2011

“Haunted by Death: Garrison Duty at Key West, Florida,” https://emergingcivilwar.com/2023/01/30/haunted-by-death-garrison-duty-at-key-west-florida/.

“Fort Taylor, Key West: Imprisonment in Paradise,” https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/fort-taylor-key-west-imprisonment-paradise.

“Florida’s Forts: Fortifying the Sunshine State,” https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/floridas-forts .

“Paradise Lost: Florida’s Egmont Key during the Civil War,” http://journalofthecivilwarera.org/2016/08/paradise-lost-floridas-egmont-key-civil-war/.