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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
Confederate Culture Wars: On the Lighter Side
The Virginia Department of Nature announced today that the Confederate battle flag will be removed from all trees and bushes in the Commonwealth. The battle flag on a tree could suggest that the tree is descended from a tree planted … Continue reading
