Opposing Stone Mountain’s Confederate Memorialization & Lee’s Shrine in 1926
In the 1920s, Confederate groups like the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans were pushing forward schemes to memorialize the…
Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Grandson Helped Run the Revived Klan and Klan Kollege
We know that sons often went into the same occupations as their fathers and grandfathers back in the day, but they also could see running…
Louis Masur Video Talk on Lincoln’s Reconstruction Policies
In November, Professor Louis Masur delivered the prestigious Robert Fortenbaugh Lecture in Gettysburg, PA. on Lincoln’s Reconstruction policies. Thanks to Al Mackey for pointing this…
When Longstreet Objected to Amnesty Offer for Confederate Soldiers January 1864
Here is an unusual correspondence between Union General J.G. Foster and Confederate General James Longstreet. In December, 1863 Abraham Lincoln had offered an amnesty to,…
Around the Web February 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
This has been a strong month for history blogging. There are also good book reviews and podcasts as well. Blogs Nick Sacco writes about historian…
New Website Tells Story of Millican Massacre in 1868 Texas
In the Summer of 1868 a massacre of freedpeople took place in Millican, Texas. Reports on the numbers killed vary widely, but all agree that…
Jamelle Bouie on How the Domestic Slave Trade Worked
Jamelle Bouie has a big article in the New York Times Sunday Review on the Atlantic Slave Trade today, bit he also wrote a short…
Animated Map of the Slave Trade Shows All Recorded Voyages
This animated map depicting the “slave trade” has been around for a number of years. About 4% of those Atlantic slave trade ships landed in…
Refuting the Lost Cause Argument of Alexander Stephens: What About the Slavery?
Alexander Stephens was the Confederate Vice President who said that slavery was the “Cornerstone” of the Confederacy. After the Confederacy was defeated and slavery was…
Free Civil War Seminar at Longwood University in Virginia Feb. 12
From the National Parks Service: The public is invited to join the National Park Service and Longwood University at the annual free Civil War Seminar…