Civil War reenactors are, by and large, a depressing lot: Some re-enactors have formed camp bands to play music that soldiers enjoyed hearing around battlefield campfires. The most popular tunes included songs from the minstrel stage. Groups such as the 2nd South Carolina String Band...
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The tangle between Robert E. Lee imagery, Confederacy worship, white supremacy, and human rights is far too complex to take on in anything shorter than a three volume set (although.
I was sitting in a Juneau bar last night when Loomis messaged me about this absurdity by Arthur Herman, who currently appears to be packing away the silver cutlery in.
Richard Slotkin is one of the nation’s premier historians of violence. Most known for his trilogy on western frontier violence, in recent years Slotkin has turned his attention to the Civil War, writing several popular books, both fiction and non-fiction, that continue his lifelong interest...
A good day to remember the sacrifice of Union soldiers in the crushing of pro-slavery Confederate treason. Also, see McMurtry: And yes, I know I am embedding songs by a.
A couple of very interesting Civil War related items this morning. First, the Disunion series published one of its more touching and excellent pieces, on the high suicide rates among.
The New York Times' Disunion series continues to be absolutely fantastic, even if it doesn't get the publicity it did when the series started. And I've been reading Kevin Levin's wonderful blog Civil War Memory for years. So it makes perfect sense that Levin would...
Palestinian and Knesset member Ahmad Tibi takes Republicans to task for using increasing inflamed rhetoric against his people. He takes on Eric Cantor in an interesting way: A man living.
To build on Rob's post below, Quiggin's argument is extremely lazy. It's one thing to blame Calhoun for contributing to the Civil War, but Clay and Webster? Rob took care.
On December 24, 1861, the first anniversary of South Carolina's secession from the Union, the Palmetto State celebrated. And it's not surprising because a year into their rebellion, things looked pretty good for the Confederacy. One of the great things about reading the Times Disunion...
I find the charge of presentism one of the most annoying things someone can say to a historian. Every historian is deeply affected by the times in which they live..
The Detroit Daily Advertiser, late 1860/early 1861 (I do not have an exact date): "Every horse thief, murderer, gambler, robber, and other rogue of high and low degree, fled to.