Month: December 2021
Abolitionist Turner Ashby’s Mob Drove Out Subject of New Virginia Marker
In 1856, future Confederate hero Turner Ashby led a violent pro-slavery mob in an attack against John C. Underwood, of Clarke County, Virginia. Underwood was…
New Civil War Trails Interpretive Panel at Camp Stanton, Md. Where USCT Trained
Civil War Trails has installed a new interpretive panel Civil at Serenity Farm near Benedict, Maryland on a site where African Americans trained in the…
Virginia Approves New Historic Markers Highlighting Civil War & Reconstruction History
The Virginia Board of Historic Resources approved fourteen new highway historic markers at its quarterly meeting in December. The markers are expected to go up…
At Least 631 Black Schoolhouses Were Attacked During Reconstruction
According to a recent article in the Journal of the Civil War Era, there were “631 attacks on African American schools between 1864 and 1876.”…
American Conservative Article In Dunning School Tradition Draws Criticism
A new article by Helen Andrews in The American Conservative, Reconstruction Revisionism, is garnering negative critiques from many other writers. Her article claims that interpreting…
Wall Street Journal Names New Robert E. Lee Bio to Its Ten best Books List
The Wall Street Journal released its list of the ten best books of 2021. Two are related to the Civil War Era. I would note…
Changes to Pa. Markers for Gettysburg Campaign & Chambersburg Burning Denounced as Woke
Pennsylvania’s Historical and Museum Commission has changed the signage marking Confederate troop movements in McConnellsburg, Fulton County. McConnellsburg is and hour’s drive west of Gettysburg,…
NY Times Critics’ Picks Top Books on Civil War and Reconstruction-Related Books of 2021
The New York Times has just published the paper’s picks by its critics of the top new books of 2021. Three books on the Civil…
Civil War Confederate Generals Tobacco Trading Cards 1889 Edition
The Duke Tobacco Company published collectable cards of Union and Confederate generals and admirals during the late 1880s that it included in its cigarette packs….
Civil War Union Generals Tobacco Trading Cards 1889 Edition
The Duke Tobacco Company was the cigarette industry leader in the late 1880s. It was a time of increasing nostalgia for the Civil War Era. …
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