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Judge Orders Confederate Statue Near Courthouse Removed
Roanoke County Circuit Judge Charles Dorsey ordered a Confederate statue removed from next county courthouse grounds. This is the first time such an order has…
American Legion Suspends Post that Cut-Off Veteran’s Mic at Memorial Day Ceremony
The decision to cut-off the mic of retired Lt. Col. Bernard Kemter at a Memorial Day commemoration in Hudson, Ohio when he described an 1865…
WaPo on the Problem of What to Do With Confederate Statues After Removal
The Washington Post has an interesting article on the problems Southern towns and cities are having finding a final resting place for the Confederate statues…
The Plan to Suppress the Black Vote in South Carolina Revealed!: Election 1876
General Martin W. Gary was a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War commanding cavalry. He had served in Hampton’s Legion and he had refused…
Around the Web October 2020: Best of the Blogs on The Civil War and Reconstruction
This is a new feature here at the The Reconstruction Era Blog: Each month I will highlight a few new articles from other blogs that…
Upcoming Free Virtual Civil War and Reconstruction Programs
There are not many good aspects to the current COVID Pandemic. Three of my own family members have gotten the virus and Long Island, where…
The Curious Incident of the “Girl” Who Won the Daughters of the Confederacy Essay Contest
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) sponsored a lot of essay contests to encourage young people to learn “the true history” of slavery, the…
Part 4: A Whole Passel of Books from Fordham on Reconstruction and the Civil War
As I keep digging I keep finding more and more free books being offered by scholarly presses on the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. These…
When Lost Causers Drink from the Devil’s Punchbowl They Are All Wet
When I am online writing about the treatment of African Americans during Reconstruction, I often encounter Lost Cause advocates who respond to documentation about Klan…
The Fight Over Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Was a Fight for the Future of the United States Says Annette Gordon-Reed
Smithsonian has an interesting article by National Book Award winner Annette Gordon-Reed on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. You can read the article here. From…