Wall Street Journal Reviews New Book on Thad Stevens
Fergus M. Bordewich reviews Bruce Levine’s new biography Thaddeus Stevens in today’s Wall Street Journal. Bordewich is himself an expert on the Congresses that Stevens…
Ty Seidule Interviewed on “RobertE. Lee and Me” (& The Lost Cause)
Ty Seidule is the historian of the hour, with his new book Robert E. Lee and Me on of the most talked about historical works…
Around the Web March 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Our curated trip around the web is back for its March 2021 installment. Here are blog posts, social media accounts, podcasts, and Zooms that I…
Black History/Black Resistance
Reconstruction began while the Civil War was still raging. As Black refugees from slavery reached Union lines, they forced the United States government to reconstruct…
Two Hour Interview With Historian David Blight on Frederick Douglass
One of New York City’s most popular radio hosts, Alison Stewart, did a two hour interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight on the life…
How a Confederate Veteran Helped a Black Man Convicted of Killing a White Man
Allison Stewart interviews Ben Montgomery in an interesting segment on a Confederate veteran and a Black man teaming up against injustice in Kentucky. From the…
Reconstruction Era Ku Klux Klan Act Being Used to Sue Ex-President
I was planning on writing about the Ku Klux Klan Act, also known as “The Third Enforcement Act,” this year. Just as I was re-reading…
Best Andrew Johnson Quote Ever!
I was listening to the Washington Post’s podcast for President’s Day and it concluded with a wild quote from Andrew Johnson. Michelle Krowl from the…
Entertaining History: The Civil War in Literature, Film, and Song Edited by Chris Mackowski
Entertaining History: The Civil War in Literature, Film, and Song Edited by Chris Mackowski, published by Southern Illinois University Press (2020) $26.50 paperback. One of…
Celebrating the End of Reconstruction With a Mardi Gras Tribute to the Aryan Race
As white rule was being restored in state capitals across the South in 1877, the Krewe of Comus celebrated the alleged supremacy of the white…