Category Archives: 19th Century

A Review of Powell’s “The Accidental City” by Madelein Pierron Patrick

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell. Harvard University Press, 2012. Paper, ISBN: 9780674059870. $29.95.  In The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans, Lawrence Powell describes the history of New Orleans, from the personal ambition and political intrigue … Continue reading →

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A Review of McCandless’ “Slavery, Disease, and Suffering in the Southern Lowcountry” by Benjamin Smith

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Slavery, Disease, and Suffering in the Southern Lowcountry by Peter McCandless. Cambridge University Press, 2011. Hardback, ISBN: 9781107004153. $90.00 Blending three veins of historiography in a single work, and doing it well, is a task most commendable. Peter McCandless’ Slavery, … Continue reading →

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A Review of Fleche’s “The Revolution of 1861″ by David Thomson

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

The Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict by Andre M. Fleche. University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Cloth, ISBN: 9780807835234. $35.00. With the sesquicentennial of the war upon us, dozens of scholarly works … Continue reading →

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A Review of Janney’s “Burying the Dead but not the Past” by Angela Esco Elder

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

Burying the Dead but not the Past: Ladies’ Memorial Associations and the Lost Cause by Caroline E. Janney. The University of North Carolina Press, 2008. Paper, ISBN: 9780807872253. $24.95. “Even if future generations would forget their contributions with the passing … Continue reading →

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A Review of Carey’s “Sold Down the River” by Katherine E. Rohrer

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

Sold Down the River: Slavery in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley of Alabama and Georgia by Anthony Gene Carey. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2011. Cloth, ISBN: 0817317414. $29.95. Some may lament that works of history are increasingly written with specialized … Continue reading →

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Southern Outlaws, Duelists, and Degenerates: Edgefield vs. Little Dixie

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

For those friends and acquaintances most frequently forced to “enjoy” the company of JHW and myself, this geographical duel will come as no surprise. More than one bottle of bourbon as refereed the two of us boasting which southern locality … Continue reading →

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Raising Hell in a District of Devils: Honor & Violence as Edgefield Family Tradition

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Raising Hell in a District of Devils: Honor & Violence as Edgefield Family Tradition By James “Trae” Welborn III Anglican itinerant Parson Mason Locke Weems once reviled the Edgefield District of the colonial South Carolina backcountry as “pandemonium itself, a … Continue reading →

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Second Thoughts on Race, Sex, and Thomas Jefferson by Dr. Woody Holton

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Introduction: Guest Blog–Dr. Woody Holton We’ve covered quite a bit of ground on this blog. General Buford, looking a bit like Sam Elliott, might even have called it damn good ground, at that. But our thoughts on the finer points … Continue reading →

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Hospitality in Southern Science by Dr. Robert J. Malone

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

Introduction: Guest Blog–Dr. Robert J. Malone We typically have some difficulty understanding why our distinguished guest bloggers choose to put up with us and allow us to publish their excellent work (let alone return our emails). Equal parts pity and … Continue reading →

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Ghost Writers of the Confederacy by Dr. James J. Broomall

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

Introduction: Guest Blog–Dr. James J. Broomall It is with great pleasure that we present the work of a historian who is more than likely to become a permanent fixture on your literary radar (and who, at some future moment in … Continue reading →

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