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William T. Sherman Meets Bat Masterson

by Kevin Levin on November 24, 2009 · 3 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Culture, Memory, Union

This episode of Bat Masterson aired on December 24, 1958.

South Park Reenacts the Civil War

by Kevin Levin on October 27, 2009 · 4 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Culture

Episode Summary for The Red Badge of Gayness: “Cartman has visions of glory as he suits up for the Confederacy in the annual reenactment of a Civil War battle, and leads the drunken rebels to defeat the union.” [Originally aired on 11/24/99] If you have twenty minutes and are looking for a good laugh than [...]

Gary Gallagher on Robert E. Lee

by Kevin Levin on October 21, 2009 · 18 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Historians

Gary W. Gallagher, the John L. Nau Professor in History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia, gave this year’s Remembering Robert E. Lee lecture on Oct. 12, 2009, in Lee Chapel.  The title of the talk is “Robert E. Lee Confronts Defeat: Duty in the Wake of Appomattox.”

Sherman’s March and America

by Kevin Levin on October 19, 2009 · 17 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Historians, Slavery, Southern History

Anne Sara Rubin is hard at work on a new digital project on Sherman’s March. I first heard about the project at last year’s SHA in New Orleans. It looks to be quite interesting.

“Give a Rebel Yell”

by Kevin Levin on October 6, 2009 · 7 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Culture

“Black Confederates in Gray”

by Kevin Levin on September 30, 2009 · 7 comments · Follow me on

in Lost Cause, Slavery, Southern History

I‘ve seen this video around, but have never seen any clips from it until now. This has got to be one of the most convoluted and confusing documentaries that I’ve ever seen. After the glaring mistake of identifying March 1864 as the year that the Confederate Congress authorized the enlistment of slaves and within six [...]

Why Men Fought?

by Kevin Levin on September 1, 2009 · 12 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Culture, Slavery

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