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 anticipation of the nation's "Coming Civil War," an irrepressible conflict to be staged between the...
Civil War
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.
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 Confederate soldiers. This is just great. Second and more important is the revised analysis of...
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.
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 of the Clay argument. Webster's a complicated guy and I'm not going to defend much...
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.
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 Texas when he found the United States too hot to hold him. The pioneers of...
If you haven't read Ta-Nehisi Coates' piece on why African-Americans avoid centering the Civil War in their history, why the Civil War is so associated with whites in public memory,.
I recently visited the Torn in Two exhibit at the Boston Public Library. Using maps at the primary storyteller, this exhibit told the story of the Civil War. Running until.