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Mississippi Finally “Bans” Slavery
So you may have heard that last week Mississippi finally banned slavery. Now this is not to say that the state has been stuck in an Antebellum/Civil War timewarp for the past century and a half. But apparently there were … Continue reading
Darkest Days of the War?
The Battles of Iuka and Corinth–that’s the answer, at least according to historian Peter Cozzens. Do you agree? Disagree? When I started the book, I was sketpical that Cozzens could convince me that this was truly the “Darkest Days of … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Battlefields & Historic Places, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Battles, Personalities, Common Soldier, Western Theater
Tagged Sterling Price, Mississippi, Ulysses S. Grant, Braxton Bragg, Vicksburg, Western theater, Tennessee, Earl Van Dorn, William T. Sherman, Don Carlos Buell, Corinth, William Rosecrans, Battle of Corinth, Battle of Iuka
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Slavery? States Rights? Secession.
We’re pleased to welcome back guest-poster Kathleen Logothetis…. I recently attended a session at the American Association for State and Local History conference in Richmond, Virginia that caused me to reflect on the history we present to the public. The … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Slavery
Tagged American Association for State and Local History, Dwight Pitcaithley, Georgia, James Loewen, John Coski, linkedin, Marty Blatt, Mississippi, Museum of the Confederacy, National Park Service, Ordinance of Secession, public history, Richmond Virginia, secession, slavery, South Carolina, states' rights, Virginia
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The Last Ironclad, One Audacious Cottonclad and Five Submarines: Shreveport’s Confederate Navy Yard
Centered on the Red River, modern downtown Shreveport, Louisiana is a hive of activity. Glitzy casinos and well-kept shopping malls, broad boardwalks and trendy clubs, traditional churches and intellectual colleges keep this rough-hewn, hardworking river town bustling. Through all of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Weapons
Tagged C.W. Read, Civil War submarine, Confederate Navy, Confederate Navy Yard, Cross Bayou, CSS Missouri, CSS Queen of the West, CSS Webb, CSS William S. Webb, David Dixon Porter, Edgar C. Singer, H.L. Hunley, Jonathan H. Carter, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nathaniel P. Banks, Red River, Red River Campaign, Richard Taylor, Shreveport, Shreveport Navy Yard, Singer Submarine Corps, Stephen Mallory, Trans-Mississippi, USS Eastport, USS Indianola
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