Monthly Archives: December 2018
Dr. Joseph Harsh Confederate Tide Rising
Here’s an outstanding presentation by the late Professor Joseph L. Harsh on Robert E. Lee during the Maryland Campaign. This is from 2001 in Gettysburg, PA.
The Battle of Fredericksburg 156 Years Later
Journalist Ted Schubel posted a couple of short video excerpts from tours at Fredericksburg featuring National Park Service stars John Hennessy and Frank O’Reilly. Here’s John Hennessy talking about the Federal artillery bombardment of the city: “December 11, 1862 in Fredericksburg. The first bombardment of an American town by an American Army. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania […]
Typical Neoconfederate Dishonesty
You may have seen this article, as it’s been out for quite a long time now. As we’ve come to expect from neoconfederates, they’ve fabricated evidence of so-called “black confederates.” You may have seen this photo put forward to “prove” black men fought as confederate soldiers from the beginning of the war. It’s a lie. According […]
Civil War Talk Radio Episode 1513 Kristopher A. Teters
Here’s a nice conversation between Dr. Kristopher A. Teters and host Professor Gerald Prokopowicz on Dr. Teters’ first book, Practical Liberators: Union Officers in the Western Theater During the Civil War. He discusses the attitudes of Union officers in the Western Theater toward slavery and how those views evolved over the course of the war.
Sean Wilentz on A House Divided. S. 3 ep. 19
Here’s Professor Sean Wilentz speaking with Daniel Weinberg of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop about his new book, No Property in Man. It’s about slavery and the development of antislavery thought in the United States from the Founding to the Civil War.
Myths About the Battle of Antietam
Here’s Dennis Frye, recently retired from being the Chief Historian at Harpers Ferry, giving a great presentation on the myths surrounding the Battle of Antietam in front of the Mosby Heritage Area Association. The video’s description reads, “Author Dennis Frye talked about his book, Antietam Shadows: Mystery, Myth & Machination. He described his research approach and gave […]
Soldiers’ Views of the Battle of Antietam
Here’s Keith Snyder of the National Park Service giving a presentation to the Mosby Heritage Area Association based on soldier letters on the soldier’s perspective of the Battle of Antietam. The video’s description reads, “Keith Snyder from the Antietam National Battlefield shared personal accounts of soldiers who fought in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. Through […]
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