Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic, not only one of my favorite books about the Civil War, but one of my favorite non-fiction books ever, has recently published a new book on John Brown’s raid. Titled Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid...
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Very interesting stuff, suggesting our standard estimates of death during the Civil War are significantly underestimated.
Why do I not find it the least bit surprising that the "Tigers" in the LSU Tigers is not named for the animal but for the Louisiana Tigers, a notoriously.
Allow me to share Mark Greenbaum's outrage over Chadwick Matlin's poorly thought out and virtually unexplained list of the worst Congresses in U.S. history, ending with the "inarguably-awful 37th," which from 1861-63, oversaw "the eruption of a catastrophic civil war." As Greenbaum points out, the...
Yoni Applebaum has an interesting piece on the popularity of reenacting the U.S. Civil War in Germany. While one might poo-poo any real analysis of this as being just Gone.
I find this paper interesting for a different reason than Matt does; namely, that it's a classic example of "drawing inferences far beyond what your data can actually support." Even.
Interesting. At my junior high (the illustrious Moss Junior High School), US history paid a bit of attention to strategic issues in the Mexican-American War, a bit of attention to tactical issues in the Vietnam War (one of our history teachers was a Vietnam vet),...
I'm voting for George Thomas.
The only thing that's surprising about Bob McDonnell's lionization of Virginia's Confederate heritage is the ferocity of the reaction. Here at LGM we've been beating the Treason-in-Defense of Slavery Heritage.
I dunno; I'm as contemptuous of the antebellum American South as anyone, but I'm still not convinced that John Brown deserves a pardon. You can be sympathetic with Brown's ends, and even recognize that his actions played a significant role in emancipation, while being reluctant...
Fascinating front page of the Atlanta Constitution from July 4, 1905. Lead story was not Independence Day, and in fact I can't find a single reference to the holiday on.
Oregon State represents Christianity, capitalism, and tradition. Oregon represents the creeping evils of secularism, miscegenation, and gay marriage.Go Ducks!!!!!