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NY Times Columnist Calls for a Civil War Movie that Tells the Truth

Last week Jamelle Bouie wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times in which he calls for a truthful movie about the Civil War….

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Cornwall New York Civil War Monument

Cornwall-on-Hudson is a small river village with just over three thousand people in Orange County below Newburgh. It is an affluent community with many buildings…

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Posted in Redeemers The Site White Supremacy White Supremacy Apologetics White Terror

Emerging Civil War Honors Patrick Young with Stevenson Award

Last Friday I was honored by the non-profit Emerging Civil War organization for my work researching and writing about the Reconstruction Era. Here is the…

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Jefferson Davis Explains Why Mississippi Seceded from the United States in His Farewell Address to the Senate

On January 21, 1861, Mississippi Senator Jeff Davis gave his speech resigning from the United States Senate. The entire speech can be read here, beginning…

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Chatham Manor at Fredericksburg National Military Park

I have been to the Fredericksburg National Military Park at least half-a-dozen times over the years, but I only went to the Chatham Manor across…

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Platform of the Ku Klux Klan Mississippi “A Government of White Men For White Men” March 1868

Here is a Mississippi paper’s publication of the platform of the KKK which focuses on the disenfranchisement of blacks. Many white conservative newspapers published Klan…

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General James A. Garfield Statue in Long Branch on the Jersey Shore Where He Died

Seven Presidents Park along the Jersey Shore in Long Branch is a well-known spot for beach goers in the summer. Long Branch can be quite…

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Civil War Cannons in Placerville California

From 1848 until the Civil War, Placerville was a thriving city filled with fortune seekers looking for gold. In 1860, this remote city had more…

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The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery by John Swanson Jacobs

Jacobs, John Swanson. The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography by…

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The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory by Gaines Foster

The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory. By Gaines M. Foster. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 280 pp….

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