Publications
2020
The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory, examines the role of lies and exaggeration in the creation of Lost Cause narratives of the war, as well as their connections to white supremacy. Looking at pension fraud, Confederate monument dedications, and Confederate myths reveals that much of our understanding of the Civil War remains influenced by falsehoods.
The Contested Legacy of Race and Atrocity at Andersonville National Historic Site in Civil War History
September 2017
Winner of John T. Hubbell Prize
“Loyal Deserters & The Veterans Who Weren’t” in The War Went On
2020
Essays in this edited collection approach Civil War veterans from oblique angles, including theater, political, and disability history, as well as borderlands and memory studies. Contributors examine the lives of Union and Confederate veterans, African American veterans, former prisoners of war, amputees, and ex-guerrilla fighters. They also consider postwar political elections, veterans’ business dealings, and even literary contests between onetime enemies and among former comrades." -LSU Press, 2020
Dr. Domby's chapter examines Confederate pension fraud.
"American Warlord" in The Guerrilla Hunters
2017
"Throughout the Civil War, irregular warfare―including the use of hit-and-run assaults, ambushes, and raiding tactics―thrived in localized guerrilla fights within the Border States and the Confederate South. The Guerrilla Hunters offers a comprehensive overview of the tactics, motives, and actors in these conflicts, from the Confederate-authorized Partisan Rangers, a military force directed to spy on, harass, and steal from Union forces, to men like John Gatewood, who deserted the Confederate army in favor of targeting Tennessee civilians believed to be in sympathy with the Union." -LSU Press
Dr. Domby's chapter examines John Gatewood's reign of terror in North Georgia.
Selected Recent Writings
Latest Work Published Online
"Nikki Haley Gets the History of the Confederate Flag Very Wrong," Washington Post
December 8, 2019
"Beyond Romantic Advertisements: Ancestry.com, Genealogy, and White Supremacy," Black Perspectives
May 10, 2019
“Defenders Of Confederate Monuments Keep Trying To Erase History,” in Huffington Post
September 15, 2017
Additional Writings
“Let's be Honest about the Roots of Confederate Monuments,” Charleston City Paper
April 3, 2019
With W. Fitzhugh Brundage, “Evolution of Landscape: Changing Conceptions of Commemoration at Guilford Courthouse Battleground,” Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina
2012
“The Cost of a Democratic Memory: Financing North Carolina’s Commemorative Landscape,” Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina
2012
"Keeping up with the Joneses: A Missing Diary Discovered," Duke University Libraries
Fall 2010