November 2009

Teaching Civil War Memory

Today is the first day of the new trimester and I am once again teaching a course on Civil War Memory.  I have two sections with a total of 12 [...]

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Update on Future of Civil War Life Museum

The messages coming from Terry Thomann, the Civil War Life Museum’s director and members of the board of directors have been incredibly confusing over the past week.  The sticking point [...]

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Lew Rockwell’s Bushwhackers

[Hat Tip to John Schwarz] Looks like Missouri’s Bushwhackers are the latest heroes over at the Lew Rockwell blog.  According to Karen de Coster: Guerrilla forces tend to attract the [...]

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David Reynolds Petitions Obama and Kaine to Pardon John Brown

I guess we should have anticipated such a move on this sesquicentennial of John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry.  It’s an indication that Brown’s reputation has taken a significant turn [...]

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Civil War or War Between the States?

I recently came across a microfilm reel that included a reprint of a Senate debate from 1907 on just this question. The pamphlet was put together by Edmund S. Meaning [...]

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