The South produces some, uh, interesting ideas about the Civil War. Dinosaur Kingdom II in Virginia is a sci-fi alt-history theme park in which dinosaurs defeat the Union Army. We asked the creator ab
This is the grave of Edwin Stanton. Born in 1814 in Steubenville, Ohio, Stanton was a sickly boy, afflicted with asthma. His father was a reasonably successful doctor but when he died in 1827, the fam
I haven’t blogged in a few days because I’ve been spending your generous donations seeing graves of many of the most despicable humans in American history. And a few good ones too. But rea
An African-American couple in California is rightfully upset about the middle school their child will attend having a long-standing “Civil War Ball.” Chris Jackson and Vicki Snowden-Jackso
Parade of Confederate veterans, Jacksonville, Florida, 1914 In the past, although not so much lately, I’ve received comments when writing about issues such as the Civil War that all of this disc
This is the grave of Horatio Seymour. This terrible person was born in Pompey Hill, New York in 1810. He became a lawyer in 1832 after attending several colleges. But he never practiced, instead manag
This is the grave of Charles Sumner. Born in Boston in 1811, Sumner’s family were strong abolitionists and of course their son picked this up with passion. He graduated from Harvard in 1830 and
This is the grave of John C. Breckinridge The traitor Breckinridge was born in 1821 on his slaveholding family’s plantation. His grandfather was Attorney General under Thomas Jefferson and altho