Category: Civil War
Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur
Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur published by W.W. Norton (2021) One of my…
Black History/Black Resistance
Reconstruction began while the Civil War was still raging. As Black refugees from slavery reached Union lines, they forced the United States government to reconstruct…
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…
Around the Web February 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Program Notes: I had been posting this feature towards the end of the month, now I will be posting it at the start of the…
When Confederate General James Longstreet Lost the Battle of Gettysburg in 1874
Students of Civil War history know that after the war, General James Longstreet became a scapegoat for Lost Cause adherents seeking to explain Confederate defeat….
Heather Cox Richardson on the Republican Party in the Civil War & Reconstruction Era
Heather Cox Richardson did a gajillion-part series on the history of the Republican Party on Facebook Live over the summer. The first five hours cover…
Around the Web January 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
The first few installments of this monthly survey of the best Civil War and Reconstruction Social Media have been more popular than I anticipated. Thanks…
Connecticut Creates Database of Its Black Civil War USCT Troops
The Connecticut State Library has digitalized its records of Black men from the state who served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil…
Frederick Douglass Identifies the Cause of Death of Robert E. Lee in 1870
Frederick Douglass published the New National Era newspaper in Washington beginning in 1870. When Robert E. Lee died on October 12, 1870, his passing was…
“Deconstructing Confederate Monuments” A Discussion About History and Monumentation
Kevin Levin, Dina Bailey and Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders participated in a discussion on Confederate monuments and how we understand history. The Zoom discussion at Grant Valley…
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