Category Archives: In the News

“Black Confederates”?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

As discussed in class today, the Civil War–and the role played in it by black Southerners–has recently been the subject of controversy in the national media, thanks to revelations about a faulty claim in a textbook distributed to fourth-graders in … Continue reading →

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Total War on Wheels?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

On the heels of our recent discussions about the Civil War on film, and your recent papers (some of which are due tonight, remember) on the question of “total war,” you may want to check out this review of a … Continue reading →

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Some Disunion links

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

On this blog I have previously mentioned an ongoing blog at the New York Times called Disunion, which features Civil War experts writing daily posts about the war. There have been several posts on the blog that connect especially well … Continue reading →

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TV Editorial on Confederate Flag

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

Last week, I mentioned the recent and ongoing controversy about a proposal to put the Confederate battle flag on Texas license plates. (You can read more about it here.) I also mentioned that I had met with the editorial board … Continue reading →

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The Lincoln Map

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

On Monday, I mentioned some recent historical work that has been done about the painting depicted here–Francis Bicknell Carpenter’s First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln. Historian Susan Schulten of the University of Denver has argued that the … Continue reading →

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More on the secession of Texas

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

Today in class I briefly read from the Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union, adopted by the Texas secession convention in Austin on February 2, 1861. I would encourage you … Continue reading →

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