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ECW Honors John Coski with Public Service Award
Emerging Civil War has selected John Coski as the recipient of the 2019 Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. The Award for Service in Civil War Public History recognizes the work of an individual or … Continue reading
Confederates by the Boatload
I’ll let the following photos generally speak for themselves. I wanted to share them, mostly, so I could use the phrase “Confederates by the boatload.”
Confederate Heritage: Getting it Wrong on Independence Day Weekend
I generally try to be empathetic about Confederate heritage issues, but a lot of times, hardcore neo-Confederates make it hard for me. For every reasonable voice I hear, I run into a guy like this one: a lone flag bearer … Continue reading
The Future of Civil War History: Kevin Pawlak
Civil War history has perhaps never been so prevalent to Americans than it is today. With the close of the sesquicentennial and the onset of the so-called Confederate culture wars, the story of our nation’s greatest struggle still resonates with … Continue reading
Confederate Heritage: “Heaven Knows, a Hard Topic to Discuss.”
Later today, I’ll visit with my friends at the North Carolina Civil War Roundtable. Rather than a traditional program on some aspect of the war, they’ve asked me to follow up on some comments I made after Lee-Jackson Day in Lexington, … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on Lee-Jackson Day
The weather could not have been more beautiful in Lexington, Virginia, on Saturday morning as hundreds of Confederate devotees gathered for the annual Lee-Jackson Day commemoration. The day itself—still observed as a legal holiday in parts of Virginia—falls on January … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Holidays, Memory
Tagged Confederate Culture Wars, Confederate Flag, Confederate memory, Lee Chapel, Lee-Jackson Day, Lexington, Memory, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Stonewall Jackson House, Virginia Flaggers, Washington & Lee, Washington and Lee University
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“Boys, That Flag Must Come Down!” Part 2 of a series
Weep, weep Columbia! Death, with traitorous hand, Has slain a Hero, quenched a manly flame; Cast heartfelt sorrow o’er a throbbing land, And carved, for future years to read, a name On the grand alter of our Country’s fame. The … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Alexandria, Alexandria Campaign, Army of the Potomac, Confederate Flag, death of Ellsworth, Ellsworth, Elmer Ellsworth, Long Bridge, Memory, start of the war, Virginia secession
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The Confederate Flag: In Discussion and Bikini
I don’t have occasion to talk about the Civil War on my own campus very often, so I was delighted a couple weeks ago to be invited to serve on a faculty panel to discuss the Confederate battle flag. I … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Memory, Slavery
Tagged Confederate Flag, race, race matters, slavery, st. bonaventure university
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The Man Behind the Last Confederate Flag – Captain Arthur L. Rogers
With all the focus lately on the flags of the Confederacy, I thought I would share the story of the man who designed the last Confederate flag. I first came across Captain Arthur Rogers on one of my walks around … Continue reading
