Category: Lost Cause
Franklin, Tenn. Dedicates Five Historical Markers Telling the Story of Slavery, Black Resistance, and Reconstruction
The Battle of Franklin Trust, the City of Franklin, and the Fuller Story joined forces to dedicate five historical markers describing the vital roles African…
Sen. Henry Wilson Warns “Lost Cause” Partisans That Their Children Will Seek to Hide Their Ancestry 1869
The post-Civil War defense of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy included opposition to the passage of the 15th Amendment granting Blacks the right to…
Book Review: This War Ain’t Over: Fighting the Civil War in New Deal by Nina Silber
This War Ain’t Over: Fighting the Civil War in New Deal by Nina Silber published by Univerity of North Carolina Press (2018) 234 pages. Hardcover $32.95…
Kevin Levin Interviewed About “Searching for Black Confederates,” One of the Most Controversial Civil War Books of 2019
Kevin Levin, author of the new book Searching for Black Confederates, is interviewed this week by Keith Harris. You can listen using the player below:…
Book Review: Searching for Black Confederates by Kevin Levin
Newly Published Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth by Kevin M. Levin published by University of North Carolina Press (2019) Hardcover…
When Confederate Heritagers Rejected A.P. Hill’s Daughter as the “Daughter of the Confederacy”
Many of us know that Winnie Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis and pictured above, was given the title “The Daughter of the Confederacy” by many…