Author: Patrick Young
Greg Downs Interviewed on His Book “After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War” a Great Book on the U.S. Army in the South After the War
Greg Downs wrote a great book a few years ago After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War. I will be publishing a review…
Ku Klux Klan Appeared at 1867 Version of a Renaissance Faire in Tennessee
One of the odder events one encounters in reading Southern newspapers of the Reconstruction Era is the propensity of elite whites to organize Medieval–style tournaments…
New Podcast from NY Times 1619 Project on African American Land Ownership During Reconstruction & Jim Crow
The new 1619 podcast from The New York Times looks at the struggle by freed slaves to obtain land after emancipation and the continuing effort…
Too Great a Burden to Bear: The Struggle and Failure of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Texas by Christopher B. Bean
Too Great a Burden to Bear: The Struggle and Failure of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Texas by Christopher B. Bean published by Fordham University Press (2016)…
How Successful Were Southern States at Encouraging Chinese Immigrants to Move to the Region?
During the Reconstruction Era there were a number of schemes hatched by white plantation owners and industrialists to increase immigration to the region. The attempts…
White Immigrants Needed to Replace the Dying Black Race Alabama January 1869
Many Southern newspapers, which had once mocked the Union army as filled with immigrants, came out in favor of encouraging immigration to the South after…
“The White Race of the South Will Constitute One Army” Attacking Reconstruction November 1868
No Southern newspaper did more to encourage secession in 1860 than the Charleston Mercury. After the war, it became a fiery opponent of Reconstruction and…
Smithsonian on Government Money Spent on Lost Cause Monuments
The Smithsonian Magazine has an article on government spending on Lost Cause-related sites. The article looks at how Confederate socialism has cost governments over $40…
Historian Greg Downs Says that Impeachment by House Can Be Effective Even if President Is Not Removed
Historian Greg Downs discusses the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 as a precedent for the current impeachment controversy. His article in the Washington Post…
Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons by Fiona Deans Halloran
Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons by Fiona Deans Halloran published by University of North Carolina Press (2013) 380 pages Hardcover $29.95 Kindle $17.49….