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 April 4, 2008 by cenantua
Since I’m unable to find the next set of stats that I had planned to post today, I figured that this was a good opportunity to pause a bit and reflect on what I’ve put online and what is yet to come.
About two years ago, when I was compiling data for my thesis, I looked [...]
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Posted on April 3, 2008 by cenantua
While the referendum vote on secession for the different counties of the Shenandoah Valley may reflect one thing (most especially to someone who doesn’t look beyond raw numbers), deeper probing into other numbers brings about a need to investigate even further. That said, the following is submitted for consideration in combination with my post from [...]
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