
I’m excited to announce that my new book, The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies, has been released! Click here to see its table of contents. To purchase a […]
discussions of Quaker Belt Unionists, the inner civil war, and Reconstruction in North Carolina
I’m excited to announce that my new book, The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies, has been released! Click here to see its table of contents. To purchase a […]
When I wrote Unruly Women, (published 1992) I focused primarily on showing how the lives of nonslaveholding women–poor white, free black, and farm women–were impacted by living in a slaveholding society. I was particularly interested in […]
Researching Civil War Home Fronts and Beyond by Vikki Bynum Back in fall, 2001, just months after the release of my book, Free State of Jones, David Woodbury (moderator of Battlefields and […]
Note from moderator, Vikki Bynum: The following post was written by David Woodbury and originally published on September 21, 2009, on David’s fascinating blog, Of Battlefields and Bibliophiles. I asked David’s permission to repost […]
I am delighted with the cover designed by University of North Carolina Press for The Long Shadow of the Civil War, forthcoming February 2010. The cover’s shadowy figures and shrouded landscape not only suggest the enduring importance of place, family, and kinship in the South, […]
Amanda and Kelly expressed interest in seeing the following letter written to Governor Zeb Vance during the midst of the war by John A. Beaman, grandson of Valentine Moore and brother-in-law to […]
I’m pleased to announce that my current book-in-progress has a new title. Southern Communities at War: Essays in Civil War Dissent and Its Legacies, is now The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and […]
By Victoria Bynum. Quoted passages are from Thoburn Freeman, grandson of Sarah Ann Hulin Moore and great-nephew of Caroline Moore Hulin. Determining what made fierce Unionists of some southerners is not always easy. Was […]
The following post appeared a few months ago on Southern Unionist Chronicles . I’ve decided to post it here as well because it relates so closely to my posts on Civil War Unionists from the North […]
One of the grisliest mass murders of Southern Unionists occurred in 1863 in Madison County, North Carolina. Popularly known as the “Shelton Laurel Massacre,” this Civil War story was told by the late […]
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