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Pro Tips For Defending Confederate “Heritage” from the Sons of Confederate Veterans Manual

The feature image is from a 2015 campaign by the Sons of Confederate Veterans to erect a new memorial to the Confederacy in Texas.  This…

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The Source the Sons of Confederate Veterans Get Their “History” From

This is the third installment of our look at the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) Confederate Heritage Defense manual. Today we will look at the…

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Posted in Civil War Lost Cause

The Sons of Confederate Veterans Manual Claims that Black People Loved “Dixie” (and Maybe the Confederate Flag)

This week we are discussing the conscious fabrication of history in the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ Heritage Defense manual. The manual was designed to equip…

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Around the Web July 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

Civil War social media “exploded” (in the words of one participant) at the start of June over a book review on the Emerging Civil War…

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The Weird History of Secession in the Sons of Confederate Veterans 2016 Manual for Defending Confederate Statues

The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) wrote the book on blocking the removal of Confederate statues-quite literally. In 2016 the SCV put out a “Heritage…

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Civil War Institute Mapping Confederate Statues Throughout the South

The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College has announced a new project called State of the Confederacy. According to the Civil War Institute: This is…

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Film Recalls Stone Mountain as a Center of Confederate Memory

This short film looks at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia and its connection to the Lost Cause version of historical memory. The mountain was long…

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Civil War Institute Video Tour of Antietam with Historian/Ranger Scott Hartwig

This is the last video from this year’s Civil War Institute at Gettysburg. In it Scott Hartwig takes viewers on a tour of the Antietam…

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Civil War Institute Video Tour of Rose and Codori Farms

The Civil War Institute has another tour posted. This one looks at two iconic farms on the Gettysburg battlefield. The tour is called “War at…

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Civil War Institute Video Tour of Barksdale’s Assault at Gettysburg Led By Jen Murray

Next up from the Civil War Institute last week at Gettysburg College is a battlefield tour by Professor Jennifer Murray focused on Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade’s…

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