Category: Lost Cause
“Sherman Posting” Becoming a Popular OnLine Tactic for Countering NeoConfederates
Conservative web site The New York Sun says that a new social media trend called “Sherman Posting” is catching on at Tic Tok and other…
Jubal Early Stayed True to History By Opposing Black Troops Being at 1875 Dedication of Stonewall Jackson Statue
The Library of Virginia published a history several years ago about the erection of the statue of Stonewall Jackson that still stands on the grounds…
Memory Wars Podcast Will Examine How the U.S. and Germany Deal With Memory of Slavery and Holocaust
Axios reports that a new five-part podcast launched today that looks at how Germany had to confront its history of human rights abuse and genocide…
Recommended New Names for Army Bases Named After Confederates Announced
The Congressional Commission tasked with renaming Army bases currently named after Confederate military figures released its recommended changes Tuesday. Here are the changes according to…
Exhibit “Mustering Memory: 160 Years of Saluting the Civil War” Looks at How the War has Been Remembered Over the Years
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum is opening a new exhibit on how the Civil War has been remembered over the years. Civil…
Video Reconstruction in the Movies-NPS Ranger Rich Condon Discusses Hollywood Depictions
Reel History is a regular series on YouTube discussing how history is portrayed by Hollywood. In this episode Reconstruction in the Movies National Park Ranger…
Caroline Janney Talk on How the Lost Cause Was Created and Why It Was Dominant in the South for 125 Years
This is an excellent discussion of the creation of The Lost Cause mythology of the Civil War. The creation of the myth started at Appomattox…
Around the Web April 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
March was a most unusual month for me. I spent the last third of it hospitalized at the NYU hosital in Mineola, on Long Island….
The Confederate Daughter Who Rewrote Alabama’s Civil War History
The Birmingham New has an outstanding article on the Daughter of the Confederacy who helped rewrite the State of Alabama’s Civil War and Reconstruction history….
Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park & Historical Vindication of the Confederacy
At its 1926 Convention, the Sons of Confederate Veterans spent a lot of time on a discussion of an internal dispute over its effort to…
Recent Comments