Domby has written on a variety of topics including prisoners of war, guerrilla warfare, and genealogy. His current book project At War with Itself, focuses on southerners fighting their neighbors during the American Civil War and examines the legacy of those local fights that civil wars inevitably create. His research centers on the role these conflicts played in three divided southern communities during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
He is also currently researching, with Dr. Shari Rabin, a biography of the nineteenth-century rabbi conman.
Research Interests
- Civil War and Reconstruction, historical memory
Dr. Domby has written about prisoners of war, guerrilla warfare, Reconstruction, divided communities, and public history.
Dr. Domby has given lectures and talks on a range of topics including the Civil War, Reconstruction, Charleston's History, Confederate monuments, Prisoners of War, Public History, Desertion, and Civil Conflict.
