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“The State of Mississippi vs. Davis Knight” (1948): A Wolverine Theatrics Production!

By renegadesouth on January 7, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

“The State of Mississippi vs. Davis Knight” (1948):  A Wolverine Theatrics Production! by Vikki Bynum I am delighted to announce that Playwright Marcus France and Producing Director Nathaniel Quinn have recreated the […]

The Civil War Monitor Ranks UNRULY WOMEN One of Best Books on The Confederate Home Front!

By renegadesouth on October 26, 2020 • ( 4 Comments )

  My thanks to Anne Sarah Rubin and The Civil War Monitor for this honor! —vb The Five Best Books on the Confederate Homefront POSTED 10/23/2020 BY Anne Sarah Rubin  For decades, books about the Confederate […]

My Daddy’s Blues: A Childhood Memoir by Gregg Andrews

By renegadesouth on October 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

BookLife Talks With Gregg Andrews Q&A with the author of ‘My Daddy’s Blues’ August 31, 2020 Gregg Andrews Andrews’s unique memoir, My Daddy’s Blues, examines his childhood in a poverty-stricken, alcoholic family in Missouri […]

“The Free State of Jones” Returns to Netflix

By renegadesouth on October 2, 2020 • ( 6 Comments )

I’m pleased to announce that The Free State of Jones (2016), directed by Gary Ross and produced by STX Entertainment, has returned to NETFLIX for another run! https://www.netflix.com/title/80080158   If you’re planning […]

The Knight Company Roster Revisited

By renegadesouth on August 4, 2020 • ( 16 Comments )

By Ed Payne In 2009 Renegade South moderator Vikki Bynum posted a roster  compiled in 1870 by Newton Knight that listed many of the men who served with him during the Civil […]

Marriage in an Age of War, Pandemic, and Labor Unrest: 1918-1920

By renegadesouth on July 28, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

By Vikki Bynum The following essay is adapted from my current book-in-progress, a combined family history and memoir. It begins with the marriage of Mary Daniel and William “Harrigan” Huckenpoehler. There are […]

The Place of the Two American Revolutions: A Fourth of July Celebration

By renegadesouth on July 5, 2020 • ( 12 Comments )

  By Vikki Bynum This past week, in celebration of the 4th of July, I joined several historians to discuss the importance of the American Revolution and the American Civil War to […]

A Memorial Day Tribute

By renegadesouth on May 25, 2020 • ( 8 Comments )

by Vikki Bynum A special Memorial Day shout-out to Tapley Bynum, 1837-1864, the half-brother of my father’s great-grandfather, who was shot to death during the Civil War for joining Newt Knight’s Mississippi […]

A Very Personal Civil War: The Divorce of Chaplain William D. McCulloh

By renegadesouth on February 8, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

The following essay  was written and published on January 16, 2020, by Civil War scholar Jeff Giambrone on his blog, Mississippi in the Civil War.  With its focus on the Civil War’s effects on […]

My Response to Alex Lichtenstein Regarding the 1619 Project

By renegadesouth on January 30, 2020 • ( 19 Comments )

by Vikki Bynum The following is my response to Professor Alex Lichtenstein’s essay, “1619 and All That,” recently published in the online version of the American Historical Review. Dear Professor Lichtenstein, As […]

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