I'm a historian of the nineteenth century South who taught U. S. history at Texas State University, San Marcos, for almost 25 years. My research interests center on people who lived outside the law--not necessarily "outlaws" as we might imagine them, but outside the law nonetheless. The southern Civil War home front, including Unionists and other men and women who fought against the Confederacy, mixed race communities, and racial identity are my special interests.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Vikki Bynum “Honey, look what Mama’s got,” Naoma purred as she held up her newborn baby boy for his sister to see. Four-year-old Merle’s eyes popped open wide on this cold […]
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