Tag: stonewall jackson
Video: The War Over Memory at Bull Run Battlefield
Historian Tyler McGraw has a good video at Emerging Civil War where he discusses the impending removal of signage explaining the history behind the erection…
The Signage at Manassas That Is Slated for Removal by the National Park Service
I went to the Bull Run Battlefield at Manassas, Virginia last year and saw the new signage near the Stonewall Jackson Equestrian Statue on Henry…
Jubal Early Stayed True to History By Opposing Black Troops Being at 1875 Dedication of Stonewall Jackson Statue
The Library of Virginia published a history several years ago about the erection of the statue of Stonewall Jackson that still stands on the grounds…
Stonewall’s Presbyterian Theologian Robert Dabney on the Effort to Welcome Black Ministers During Reconstruction
Robert Lewis Dabney was a noted Southern Presbyterian who served as both a minister of that faith and a professor of systematic theology. Before the…
New Windows to Replace the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Stained Glass at National Cathedral
The National Cathedral in Washington removed stained glass windows honoring Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in 2017. It has now announced what will take…
Historian David Blight on The Lost Cause and Lost Statues
With the removal of Stonewall Jackson’s statue in Richmond, the collapse of the Lost Cause interpretation of the Civil War is apparently underway. In today’s…