Category: Civil War
Dr. Stephanie McCurry: The Confederate States of America Free Zoom Webinar Recording
Our friends at the Journal of the Civil War Era have been organizing webinars on Zoom to keep the historical discussion fresh. I will post…
Gettysburg Times Covers Historians’ Day of Action #WeWantMoreHistory
On September 30, 2020, the Gettysburg Times published an article on the Historians’ Day of Action at Gettysburg. I was fortunate enough to have been…
NY Times Covers Historians’ Day of Action at Gettysburg and Other Civil War Sites
Over the weekend, I participated in the #WeWantMoreHistory Historians’ Day of Action at Gettysburg. Little did I realize the New York Times would cover it….
Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America by Douglas R Egerton
Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America by Douglas R Egerton published by Basic Books (2016) 450pp. $32.00 Hardcover $20.99…
Historians Day of Action at Civil War Sites this Saturday
Kate Masur and Greg Downs, editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era have issued a call for historians to do “good history” this…
Radical Warrior: August Willich’s Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General by David Dixon
Radical Warrior: August Willich’s Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General by David Dixon published by University of Tennessee Press (2020) $40.00 Hardcover. Author David…
Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga by Eric J. Wittenberg
Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga by Eric J. Wittenberg published by Savas Beattie (2018) Hardcover $29.95 Kindle $9.99…
Opera Review: “Crossing”-Opera Based on Walt Whitman’s Civil War Writings
I reviewed this opera in 2017 and I reprint it here. I wonder when the next time will be that I can attend the opera…
War of Northern Aggression, Civil War, War Between the States…The Eternal Argument (or was it?)
One of the most tiresome aspects of writing about the Civil War and Reconstruction period is encountering people who insist that the “real name” of…
“It is the aim…to make colored troops equal” Black Troops in Tennessee March 1864
In 1863 the Union Army began to actively recruit African American men for the United States Colored Troops (USCT). While enlisted men in these regiments…
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