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Author Archives: Steve Davis
“Old Rock” Benning’s Georgia Brigade at Gettysburg and Those Three Northern Guns Captured on July 2
Forty years ago, as a doctoral graduate student at Emory University, I received invitation to write about several Confederate generals for The Dictionary of Georgia Biography (2 vols., Athens, 1983). One of those whom I chose was Henry Lewis Benning, … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged artillery, Battle of Gettysburg, Devil's Den, Gettysburg July 2, Henry Benning, July 2
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The “Crime” at Pickett’s Mill
…and we have to pass over the dead Yanks of the battle field of yesterday; and here I beheld that which I cannot describe; and which I hope never to see again, dead men meet the eye in every direction, … Continue reading
The Ballad of Black Bess
[Editor’s Note: With all that’s happening about Confederate monuments these days, it’s all right to remember a time when monuments to Confederate heroes became a source of humor.] Robert E. Lee had Traveller and Stonewall Jackson his Little Sorrel. Bedford … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture, Memory, Monuments
Tagged Ballad of Black Bess, Bell Wiley, Black Bess, horses, john hunt morgan, Lexington
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In the Critic’s Corner: Scholarly Interest in Confederate Nationalism
As part of our series with Civil War News, ECW is pleased to spotlight the work of our very own Steve Davis, a regular (and voluminous) contributor to the paper. Steve also gave us a peek at his work back in April … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War, Memory
Tagged Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Apples & Ashes, Civil War News, Coleman Hutchison, Confederate Minds, Confederate Nationalism, Critics Corner, Damn Yankees!, Diehard Rebels, Extra-Extra-Civil-War-News, George Rable, James Martin, Jason Phillips, Michael T. Bernath, Steve Davis, The Children's War, Why Confederates Fought, Why the South Lost the Civil War
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Twain, the War and Life on the Mississippi
For Civil War News I recently wrote a piece on how Ulysses S. Grant managed to finish his Personal Memoirs just before his death in 1885. My article proved so long that CWN Publisher Jack Melton split it for two … Continue reading
Congressman Wheeler Speaks in the House on Causes of the War
Jack Melton, publisher of Civil War News, often talks with me about little-known sources and items in Civil War history. Recently he pointed me to one such: a speech by Joseph Wheeler, later Confederate major general, then U. S. Representative … Continue reading
A Peek into the “Critic’s Corner” in Civil War News
SHAG-A-DOO-LA. Those of us who write about the Civil War for fun (rarely for profit) get our ideas from any number of sources. One never knows when or how some inspiration will occur. Driving to the store recently, I heard … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War, Newspapers
Tagged book reviews, books, Civil War News, Critics Corner, Jack Melton, Kay Jorgenson
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A Presidential Review That Didn’t Go Very Well
ECWer Stephen Davis of Cumming, Georgia, is finishing up his book on the generalship of John B. Hood, which will be published later this year by Savas Beatie. From it Steve draws the following story: During the war President Jefferson … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Western Theater
Tagged 1st Georgia, 24th Texas, 36th Alabama, 42nd Georgia, 49th Tennessee, 4th Louisiana, 54th Georgia, Army of Tennessee, Capt. Benjamin Posey, Capt. Samuel Foster, Capt. William Dixon, Francis Shoup, Isham Harris, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Lovick P. Thomas, Lt. Marcus Ely, Palmetto Georgia, Rev. James H. McNeilly
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Did You Hear It?
Today (Monday, January 15) on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program, I heard Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. comment on “a culture war Donald Trump is waging as if he was Sherman marching through the South.” Here In Georgia, we have heard … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Memory, Ties to the War
Tagged Donald Trump, Eddie Glaude Jr., Morning Joe, Sherman
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