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Virginia Was the Lost Cause's Sacred Ground. Then It Wasn't
6+ hour, 2+ min ago (408+ words) It couldn't have occurred at a better moment: Confederate History Month. The term "Lost Cause" itself originated with Virginian Edward Pollard's 1866 book, The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates, a justification of the Confederate…...
Even General William Tecumseh Sherman Didn't "Go Full Sherman" on Georgia
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (598+ words) President Donald Trump is threatening to destroy the "whole civilization" of Iran if it doesn't open up the Strait of Hormuz by 8: 00 PM EST tonight. Such a move would amount to a seemingly endless list of war crimes. At least…...
Civil War Buffs Converge on Monterey Next Month: A Conversation With David Woodbury
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (243+ words) Today I am joined by David Woodbury of Woodbury Historical Tours to discuss what promises to be a wonderful weekend of Civil War talks, which will take place in Monterey, California from May 1-3. David is well known in the field…...
Georgia Republicans Abandon Confederate Monuments and the Lost Cause
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (470+ words) Confederate History Month is off to another bad start for the few people left who still celebrate in some shape or form. Earlier this week Georgia's House of Representatives failed to pass SB 175, which aimed to protect Confederate monuments. Republican…...
Pre-Order "A Glorious Fate" Today + Information about the Book Tour
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (298+ words) I am thrilled to announce that you can now pre-order my forthcoming book, A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. The book is being published by The University of North Carolina Press and will officially…...
The Other Side of the Battlefield
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (439+ words) First, I want to thank all of you for your kind words in response to today's earlier post. It was an opportunity for me to better understand what you value about this site and some of the subjects that you…...
You Read. I Write. Let's Talk About What Comes Next.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (307+ words) If you've been reading Civil War Memory on the free tier for a while, I have a simple question for you and I'm asking it genuinely, not as a sales pitch. I'll be upfront about why I'm asking. I love…...
Michael Aubrecht on Civil War Memory
1+ week, 1+ day ago (165+ words) This is why major steps have been made when acknowledging slavery at Washington's Mount Vernon, Jefferson's Monticello and Madison's Montpelier. The tours and displays they feature are lightyears from where they were when we were growing up. It speaks to…...
We Know How Slavery Ended. We've Forgotten How Long It Lived.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (581+ words) White Americans have long had difficulty acknowledging the place of slavery in this nation's history. We've seen this over the past year with the Trump administration's continued war on history and history education and in connection to the question of…...
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget Why the Fourteenth Amendment and Birthright Citizenship Exists
1+ week, 3+ day ago (625+ words) This week the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship. It's no accident that the executive order in January 2025 and his March executive order calling for the "Restoring…...