February 2008

Was Bill Yopp a Black Confederate? Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia Thinks So

One of my readers passed on an interesting story that fits perfectly into my series of posts on so-called black Confederates.  Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia is scheduled to declare [...]

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Jefferson (who?)

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Alan Axelrod’s Crater

The following review of Alan Axelrod’s The Horrid Pit: The Battle of the Crater, The Civil War’s Cruelest Mission is slated to appear in the Journal of Southern History.  Writing [...]

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Black Confederates on YouTube

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American Civil War Center at Tredegar Names Its First Black President

From the Richmond-Times Dispatch: Christy S. Coleman, a native of Williamsburg, will take over as president around April 7.  Previously, Coleman has served as president and CEO of The Charles [...]

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