Category: Religion
What Were the Top Three Bible Verses in the North and the South During the Civil War?
In James Byrd’s new book Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood from Oxford University Press he presents data from newspapers, sermons, books and other sources…
Virginia Approves New Historic Markers Highlighting Civil War & Reconstruction History
The Virginia Board of Historic Resources approved fourteen new highway historic markers at its quarterly meeting in December. The markers are expected to go up…
Fr. Ryan, “Poet Priest of the South,” Denounces “Richmond Irish Radical Republicans” Sept 1868
Fr. Abram Joseph Ryan was one of the most visible Catholic priests in the South. A firm Confederate, he served as an army chaplain. After…
Election of First African American to Serve in U.S. Senate to Be Commemorated in Mississippi
According to the Meridian Star: Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the historic election of Hiram Revels as…
The Black Republican Party in Georgia Organized in May 1867 by African Americans
While the influential white supremacist historian of Reconstruction William Dunning often presented African Americans in the South as the ignorant tools of Northern whites, in…