Month: July 2019
Historian James Oakes Writes that Class War Created the Coalition that Won the Civil War
Historian James Oakes reviews ARMIES OF DELIVERANCE: A NEW HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR By Elizabeth R. Varon in this week’s The Nation Magazine. The…
Rhiannon Giddens’s Song Offers Dialogue Between Slave Owner and Freedwoman at Moment of Emancipation
Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops has a new solo album out called Freedom Highway. The song “Julie” presents a dialogue between a slave and…
The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant by Charles W. Calhoun
The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant (American Presidency Series) by Charles W. Calhoun published by the University Press of Kansas (2017) 39.95 Hardcover 24.88 Kindle. The…
Would Reconstruction Have Been Different if Lincoln Had Lived? Historians Weigh In
The scholarly journal Civil War History had a Historians Forum on Reconstruction in the September 2015 issue. I want to point to one of the…
Noticing Diversity in Reconstruction NYC “…it’s Ireland and Italy, Jerusalem and Germany, Chinese and Africans and a paradise for rats”
McNally’s Row of Flats was a popular song of 1882 describing the emerging diversity of the Five Points in New York City. Set in a…
When Confederates Erased History in New Orleans by Replacing Abolitionist Alexander Hamilton With Slavery Supporter
Hamilton Square in the Carrollton section of New Orleans was established as a public space way back in 1833. The Square is one of several…
Free Version of The Encyclopedia of Race Riots Online
Here is a link to a free version of The Encyclopedia of Race Riots. It includes many entries on the Civil War Era, Reconstruction and…
Albert Parsons: Confederate Veteran as Supporter of Black Rights, Miscegenist, and Labor Radical
Not all returning Confederate veterans had the same experiences or attitudes after the Civil War. Albert Parsons is one of the best known radicals of…
Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in Tennessee Honors Founder of Ku Klux Klan
On July 13, 2019 the governor of Tennessee issued a proclamation observing Nathan Bedford Forrest Day. Forrest was reputedly the first Grand Dragon and commander…
New Play on the 14th Amendment at National Constitution Center in Philly
The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia commissioned a one act play about the 14th Amendment. The half hour play is presented in conjunction with its…
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