The Civil War in Atlantic City, New Jersey?

I just returned from a brief trip home to see the folks in Jersey.  My wife and I spent one day walking the beautiful beaches in Ventnor and Margate before meeting up with the family for Chinese food.  With a few hours to kill and a hearty appetite we decided to go for a little [...]

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Steven Hahn Gets It

My summer break is quickly winding down as I try to put the finishing touches on a chunk of my Crater research, including an article on understanding the battle as a slave rebellion from the perspective of Confederate soldiers for one of the Civil War magazines. With that in mind, I came across a very [...]

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“All Union Soldiers are Now Wearing Union Underwear. Think of It.” (WOOH,WOOH,WOOH…)

Need a good laugh today? Check out this classic Three Stooges episode in which the guys play Union spies. Part 2

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Teaching Assignment for 2009-10

Last week I found out what I will be teaching for the coming year.  Before I get to that I should mention that the biggest change for me this coming year will be in taking on the responsibilities of department chair.  Now, before you go ahead and congratulate me please keep in mind that I [...]

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What’s in a Name?

Make your way over to Vast Public Indifference for a fascinating series of posts on the naming of enslaved and free blacks after Confederate heroes. Black Children, Confederate Heroes Jeff Davis, General Lee, and Stonewall J. Chronology of Confederate Naming Unionist Naming in the Postwar South

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The Civil War is Alive and Well in Amsterdam

One of the pleasures of spending a week in a place like Amsterdam is having the opportunity to browse the numerous bookstores that dot the city.  I can spend hours in bookstores, especially antiquarian bookstores where the added bonus is the smell of old leather-bound volumes.  There were quite a number of small-independent bookstores and [...]

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Another Angle on the State of Jones

I‘ve been thinking quite a bit about this little controversy as I make my way around the blogosphere and read the comments from various quarters.  While there is no way of getting around the fact that this book has serious interpretive flaws, I have to wonder whether, in the end, the book has some redeeming [...]

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A Statement About the State of Jones Dispute

[Cross-Posted at Cliopatria] The ongoing dispute between Victoria Bynum, the author of the well-regarded study, The Free State of Jones (UNC Press, 2001) and Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer, the authors of the brand new book, The State of Jones (Doubleday, 2009), shows no sign of letting up.  Now that the story has been picked [...]

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