Author: Patrick Young
How a Confederate Veteran Helped a Black Man Convicted of Killing a White Man
Allison Stewart interviews Ben Montgomery in an interesting segment on a Confederate veteran and a Black man teaming up against injustice in Kentucky. From the…
Reconstruction Era Ku Klux Klan Act Being Used to Sue Ex-President
I was planning on writing about the Ku Klux Klan Act, also known as “The Third Enforcement Act,” this year. Just as I was re-reading…
Best Andrew Johnson Quote Ever!
I was listening to the Washington Post’s podcast for President’s Day and it concluded with a wild quote from Andrew Johnson. Michelle Krowl from the…
Entertaining History: The Civil War in Literature, Film, and Song Edited by Chris Mackowski
Entertaining History: The Civil War in Literature, Film, and Song Edited by Chris Mackowski, published by Southern Illinois University Press (2020) $26.50 paperback. One of…
Celebrating the End of Reconstruction With a Mardi Gras Tribute to the Aryan Race
As white rule was being restored in state capitals across the South in 1877, the Krewe of Comus celebrated the alleged supremacy of the white…
Mardi Gras Parade 1873-Darwin’s Missing Link Was Black and Grant Was a Bug!
You might think that Darwin’s Theory of Evolution was unpopular in the South, but in 1873 it was the theme of the city’s largest Mardi…
Ku Klux Klan Float at the 1872 Memphis Mardi Gras
The 1872 Memphis Mardi Gras featured a Klan float. This was the first-ever Mardi Gras parade in the city, which had seen a bloody massacre…
NY Times Reviews Robert E. Lee and Me by Ty Seidule
The New York Times has a review out of the new book ROBERT E. LEE AND ME: A Southerner’s Reckoning With the Myth of the…
“Bullhorn Lady” of Capitol Assault and Gettysburg Occupation Also Had Zip Ties
Rachel Powell, the “Bullhorn Lady” arrested by the FBI for her role in the assault on the Capitol, was also part of the “militia” occupation…
In 1876 the Senate Tried a Former Sec. of War’s Impeachment Trial Even Though He Left Office Months Before
During Reconstruction, President Ulysses S. Grant’s Secretary of War was impeached by the House of Representatives and tried by the Senate AFTER he had resigned…