For those of you who may have missed it, a fast-moving story out of the flaggers broke less than a week ago with this posting. It was picked up eventually by Kevin Levin at his blog. Brooks soon picked it up, as well as Rob Baker. Brooks was able to contact the Richmond Police, who […]
I just finished this book, edited by Brooks Simpson. It’s terrific. It’s part of the Library of America series on the Civil War. The documents are expertly chosen. They provide an excellent cross-section of American opinion, both Union and confederate from January, 1863 to March, 1864. The editor places each document in its context, and […]
This conference was held at the College of William and Mary on Saturday, April 20. Eric Foner delivered the Keynote Address on Lincoln, Slavery, and Emancipation. He said the biggest change from the Civil War was the destruction of slavery. He said the Emancipation Proclamation was the turning point of the war and it […]
Every student of the war eventually comes up against the theology that slavery was on the way out in 1860 and would soon have disappeared on its own. I call it “theology” for a reason. There is nothing substantial behind it, only pure faith and belief. The claim that slavery was dying out is a […]
We students of the war need our books for our studies. Another great aspect of the Future of Civil War History conference was the opportunity to purchase a number of books at a discount. Several university presses were represented and I picked up some order forms and got a pretty good discount. From UNC Press: […]
Brooks beat me to posting this, but here it is anyway: The big question coming out of the conference is how do we keep the conversation going? Pete begins to answer that question here. He also provides us a peek at what’s coming up at this summer’s CWI conference. It promises to be another fantastic […]
Lincoln had decided to send supplies to Fort Sumter. As long as the landing of supplies was not opposed, that’s all that would happen. If the confederates opposed the landing, though, then the commanders were ordered to force their way in and land both supplies and reinforcements. Lincoln next undertook to notify Governor Francis Pickens […]
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