Tag Archives: Sons of Confederate Veterans

ECW Weekender: Spot Where A.P. Hill Was Killed

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Edward S. Alexander

It’s a bold claim to set in stone that you are on the exact spot of a historic event. In 1912 the Sons of Confederate Veterans felt confident enough in their research on the death of Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell … Continue reading →

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Lee-Jackson Day 2017

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

As is my custom when visiting Lexington, Virginia, I swung by Stonewall Jackson Cemetery on Saturday to pay my respects to the general. I was in town at the invitation of the Sons of Confederate Veterans to speak at their … Continue reading →

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An Afternoon in New Hope/Dallas

Posted on June 29, 2016 by stephendavis

It’s a whole lot of fun speaking to audiences of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (yes, we have them down here). Monday night, in New Hope, Georgia, I addressed the Gen. William J. Hardee Camp on the subject of opus meum … Continue reading →

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Black Confederates: Laborers or Soldiers? (part two)

Posted on May 20, 2016 by stewardthenderson

part two of a series In 2010, I went to the Virginia Civil War 150 Signature Conference at Norfolk State University. This Conference was entitled, “Race, Slavery and the Civil War: The Tough Stuff of American History and Memory.” One … Continue reading →

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Patriotic Booth? “Misguided…Ignorant”

Posted on April 17, 2015 by ECW Guest Post

ECW is pleased to offer a guest commentary from historian and SCV member Chuck Young. April 14, 2015 marked the 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. While thousands of Americans marked this occasion … Continue reading →

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