By Vikki Bynum I first learned about the Red Strings—known formally as “The Heroes of America“—in 1983 while researching Civil War dissenters, deserters, and guerrilla bands in the North Carolina State Archives. The […]
This is the second of Ed Payne’s three-part series on the Landrum family of Civil War Mississippi. To read Part 1: “The Gray,” click here. —vb Part 2: The Blue By […]
By Ed Payne Note: Nine years ago I began research on men from the Mississippi Piney Woods region who joined the Union 1st New Orleans Infantry Regiment in 1863-1864. I eventually compiled […]
By Vikki Bynum During the American Civil War, many Southerners expressed hostility to the Confederacy, beginning with strong opposition to secession, evasion and desertion of military service, and, finally, armed insurrections. Nonslaveholding […]
Note: If you think the recently-released movie, The Free State of Jones, is either fictional or the story of an isolated Southern revolt against the Confederacy, think again. Jim Schmidt reviews a […]
By Vikki Bynum Many years ago, while researching my doctoral dissertation in the North Carolina State Archives, I came across a curious poem in the official papers of Civil War Governor Zeb […]
At the state archives I found the testimony of a wife about the killing of her [Unionist] husband. He was shot while plowing . . . . A man walked up, squatted […]
If you’re interested in Southern Unionism, especially within the Lone Star State, the upcoming symposium will be of great interest to you. Lots of great scholars and papers, and I’m honored to […]
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