Month: August 2019
Seeing Reconstruction in the Fall of 1868 Through the Eyes of The “Weekly Caucasian” Newspaper from Missouri
As many of you probably know, the Weekly Caucasian newspaper from Lexington, Missouri was a staunchly Democratic newspaper. Supporting the virtues of the Confederacy, applying…
WashPo: Modern Conservative Calls for “Civility” Echo Those of Confederates
Here is an interesting article in the Washington Post that finds that the modern conservative calls for civility echo similar appeals from Confederates 155 years…
Podcast from Slate Gabfest on NY Times’s 1619 Slavery Series
The new 1619 Project put out by the New York Times has both been incredibly popular and very controversial. The project observes the 400th Anniversary…
John B. Gordon to Black Voters “We opposed your freedom…because we had bought you” Sept. 1868
Former Confederate General John B. Gordon “reached out” to Black voters during the 1868 campaign to assure them that he and other whites had opposed…
Oppose Salmon P. Chase “The High Priest of Negro Suffrage” for President June 1868
The cartoon above mocks the attempt by Tammany Hall Democrats to nominate the pro-civil rights Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Salmon P. Chase as…
Nick Sacco Explains How National Park Service Interprets Grant’s Presidency at His Home in St. Louis
Nick Sacco is a “public historan.” He interprets history for visotrs at the National Park Service’s Ulysses Grant Historic Site in St. Louis Missouri. While…
Kevin Levin Interviewed About “Searching for Black Confederates,” One of the Most Controversial Civil War Books of 2019
Kevin Levin, author of the new book Searching for Black Confederates, is interviewed this week by Keith Harris. You can listen using the player below:…
“Who wrote women out of Civil War history?” An Essay by Brenda Wineapple
Brenda Wineapple has an interesting essay in The New Republic on why historians long ignored the roles of women in the American Civil War. As…
Democrat Explains Why Southern Whites Resist “Black Rule” July 16, 1868
Allen Granberry Thurman (November 13, 1813 – December 12, 1895) is hardly a household name today, but in the mid-19th Century he was a well-known…
The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America’s Most Progressive Era by Douglas R. Egerton
The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America’s Most Progressive Era by Douglas R. Egerton published by Bloomsbury Press (2014) 448 pages. $30.00 Hardcover,…
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