Author: Patrick Young
South Carolina Lady on the Capture of President Jefferson Davis by “Fiends”
On May 10, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured near Irwinville, Georgia while trying to escape pursuing Union forces. Confederate partisan Emma Holmes of…
Margaret Renkl in the NY Times on the Removal of the Ugliest Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue
Margaret Renkl, the NY Times Contributing Writer focusing on the American South, writes today of visiting the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Nashville and…
Studying the Origins of the Civil War With South Carolina’s School Kids Circa 1918
I want to look at what South Carolina school children learned about the lead-up to the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era by reading the…
Report Says Reconstruction History Classes Need to Center Black Communities Redefining Freedom & Joy
One of the more interesting recommendations of the Zinn Education Project report on the teaching of Reconstruction is that teachers should “Foreground the meaning of…
Virginia Anti-CRT Bill Invents Debate Between Lincoln and (Frederick) Douglass!
We all know about the WAR ON CRT being waged by Fox News and its courageous champions in legislatures throughout certain parts of the USA….
The Princeton Guide to Historical Research by Zachary Schrag
The Princeton Guide to Historical Research by Zachary Schrag published by Princeton University Press (2021) I am sometimes asked for advice on writing about history…
A Charleston Lady on the Capture of Black Soldiers July 1863
Emma Holmes left a remarkable diary of her experiences during the Civil War. A member of a prominent Charleston family, Holmes was in her twenties…
New Report Critical of Lack of Reconstruction Education in Middle and High Schools
The progressive Zinn Education Project has a new report out on the state of Reconstruction education in American schools. Here is a list of the…
Historians Discuss “Civil War” Video Games on Video Panel
Muster is the blog of the scholarly Journal of the Civil War Era. An article this month includes a video of younger historians discussing a…
Washington Post Database Identifies 1,700 Slaveowners In Senate and Congress
The Washington Post has put together a remarkable database of Members of Congress and Senators who owned slaves. You can find the article explaining the…