Posted on April 24, 2008 by cenantua
It might seem like I have laid aside my focus on Civil War “memory,” but I’ve actually been looking into beginning a run of posts that analyze Southern Loyalist Claims. In fact, what I may do is begin focusing on several regions (small groupings of counties in close proximity) within states and begin comparing the [...]
Filed under: "Shuffled" memory of the Civil War, American Civil War, Civil War Memory - General, Re-inventing memory of the Civil War | Tagged: 1860 census, Civil War memory, Confederacy, Confederate, Lost Cause Myth, myth of a solid South, referendum on secession, Shenandoah Valley, Southern Claims Commission, Southern Loyalist Claims, Tidewater of Virginia | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 12, 2008 by cenantua
I wish I could claim to be the originator of the string of words in the title of this blog, but I have to say that I borrowed them. While attending The College of William & Mary last spring, I was a student in Dr. Carol Sheriff’s doctoral Civil War seminar, and “unteaching the Civil [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by cenantua
After exchanging a couple of e-mails with a friend last night, I mentioned a genealogical website that I thought looked like it had potential. I gave the trial version of Footnote a try about a month or so ago, but it seemed to have slow response time (it may have had something to do with [...]
Filed under: American Civil War, Civil War Memory - General, Re-inventing memory of the Civil War, Reflections on "personal memory" of the Civil War | Tagged: 1st Alabama (Union) Cavalry, 5th Alabama (Confederate) Cavalry, Burrell Howell, Confederate nationalism, Footnote, Lost Cause Myth, Marion County Alabama, Southern Loyalist Claims, Southern Unionists | 4 Comments »
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