Civil War

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• 7/14/19
  

  The Civil War Battle Decided By A General's Mistakes

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  The battle for Lynchburg, Virginia, a pivotal city in the Civil War, was decided by one general's mistakes.

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• SOURCE: The American Historian
  06/17/2019
  

  Juneteenth and Beyond: African American Emancipations Celebrations Since 1808

  by Wilma King

  June Nineteenth is widely celebrated for the abolition of slavery in Texas and the Confederate States in general. 

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• 6/16/19
  

  The Origins of the Lost Cause Myth

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  States’ rights and slavery, while theoretically distinct, were in praxis intertwined. Here's what a Jeffersonian analysis of Jubal Early’s lost-cause apologia can teach us.

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• SOURCE: TPM
  6/7/19
  

  Some In Maine Fret New State Ballad Is Too Hard On The Confederacy

  They may represent a minority position, but the sentiment shows just how far the Myth of the Lost Cause, a systematic effort to rehabilitate the racist legacy of the Confederacy, has spread. 

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  5/25/2019
  

  Civil War Battlefields Lose Ground as Tourist Draws

  As recent events change how visitors see Confederate imagery, sites work to broaden the audience

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• 5/26/19
  

  What the Fugitive Slave Law Can Teach Us About Anti-Abortion Legislation

  by Ed Simon

  As the Fugitive Slave Act was motivated by an inhuman racism, so are these new laws mandating forced pregnancy defined by hideous misogyny.

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• SOURCE: The Post and Courier
  5/17/19
  

  ‘It’s art activism’: Charleston artists gather at Calhoun monument, urge its removal

  The Make It Right Campaign helped bring down the Silent Sam Confederate statute in Chapel Hill, N.C., in August, and campaign supporters are eyeing nine more — including Charleston’s Calhoun monument.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/13/19
  

  What Democrats Can Learn About Impeachment From the Civil War

  by Jamelle Bouie

  Lesson One: Don’t let Trump take the initiative.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  5/14/19
  

  What to Do With Richmond’s Confederate Statues

  Richmond’s Monument Avenue is lined with Confederate statues, but an exhibition filled with proposals to replace them struggles to find a road forward.

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• 5/12/19
  

  The Remarkable History of the Union League Club

  by Michael Hogan

  Few remember the pivotal role played by a small social club in New York City during the Civil War and beyond. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  5/7/19
  

  Relics of Rebel Slave Fort Unearthed by Hurricane Michael

  The site was recently listed as part of the NPS’ Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  

  Why We Need a New Civil War Documentary

  by Keri Leigh Merritt

  The success and brilliance of the new PBS series on Reconstruction is a reminder of the missed opportunity facing the nation.

• SOURCE: History.com
  4/24/19
  

  America Flirted with Legalized Prostitution During the Civil War

  As the Union Army faced down a public health crisis in Nashville, it had no choice but to accept the city’s sex workers.

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• 4/21/19
  

  Civil War History Brought to Life

  by Elisabeth Pearson

  "What better, than to see in motion, the very people or places you are reading about."

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• SOURCE: UCONN
  Accessed 4/17/19
  

  Livestream event: The Greater Reconstruction: American Democracy after the Civil War

  Details about the conference and livestream. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/4/19
  

  What new research on slave-owning dynasties tell us about how wealth is really handed down

  The contribution of an ambitious new analysis from Leah Boustan of Princeton University, Katherine Eriksson of the University of California at Davis and Philipp Ager of the University of Southern Denmark. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  4/2/19
  

  She Survived a Slave Ship, the Civil War and the Depression. Her Name Was Redoshi.

  The author Zora Neale Hurston discovered Redoshi, who became known as Sally Smith after being enslaved, while doing research for her literary works in the South.

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• SOURCE: Time
  4/2/19
  

  How Reconstruction Still Shapes American Racism

  by Henry Lewis Gates, Jr.

  Regardless of its brevity, Reconstruction remains one of the most pivotal eras in the history of race relations in American history —­ and probably the most misunderstood.

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• SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer
  3/25/19
  

  An enormous Confederate flag is going on display in Philly this week — here’s why

  “What would it mean to the psychology of this nation if the truce flag replaced the flag associated with hate and white supremacy?”

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• SOURCE: Labor and Working Class History Association
  3/25/19
  

  Aline Helg on her newly translated book, Slave No More

  Helg describes what examining self-liberation from a continental perspective—beyond the confines of a particular country—teaches us about slavery and liberation.