“Do you love this country?!” - disturbing reflections on Civil War “memory”

Just last fall, I was at a reenactment where I encountered one of my old friends. Now, I need to set the scene, so bear with me.
Historically (funny word to use in this context considering the nature of Civil War “memory”), I have worn gray at reenactments. I reenacted Confederate maybe once or twice [...]

“Building blocks” of Civil War “memory”

In yesterday’s post I mentioned some personal connections to the Civil War. Specifically, I recounted a story that I had learned, not through family stories but through a newspaper clipping that I found in scanning through the records of the Page News & Courier (Luray, Virginia). Reflecting on this, and since I am quite interested [...]