Monthly Archives: December 2021
The Romance of the Reunion
This book by Professor Nina Silber derives from her dissertation. She tells us, “This book is about [the] conciliatory culture that blossomed in the late nineteenth century [between the sections of the country]. More specifically, it is about the idea of reunion as it was imagined, and occasionally acted upon, mostly by northerners and especially […]
Liberty is Sweet
Here’s a nice discussion between Professor Nicole Maskiell and Professor Woody Holton about Professor Holton’s book, Liberty is Sweet. The video’s description reads, “Historian Woody Holton looked beyond the Founding Fathers and explored the role of women, Native Americans, and African Americans during the American Revolution. This virtual program was hosted by the National Archives.” https://www.c-span.org/video/?516028-1/liberty-sweet
Arizona Republican Idiots Dream Up Their Own Racist Version of Reconstruction
A Twitter account calling itself “Republicans United of Arizona” shows its complete historical ignorance by creating a fabricated version of Reconstruction that also shows the account’s racism. It begins with this tweet: As longtime readers of this blog know, this rendition has no basis in fact when it makes the claim about what Reconstruction was; […]
Defense One Radio, Ep. 82: “Robert E. Lee and Me”
Here’s a good interview with BG Ty Seidule. Here are some excerpts: “What I figured out was that history is dangerous, and because it goes after our myths and our identities. And when we figure that out, that the stories that we grew up with as children, that they either weren’t true, or that they […]
Confederate General Leonidas Polk
Here’s David Powell at an Emerging Civil War symposium on Fallen Leaders of the Civil War discussing confederate Leonidas Polk, one of the worst generals of the war. The video’s description reads, “Civil War author David Powell described the life and military career of Confederate General Leonidas Polk. Gen. Polk was killed by a cannonball during the June […]
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