The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies may be ordered from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or directly from the University of North Carolina Press. This three-state study of […]
Announcement: The Upcoming Littlefield Lectures at the University of Texas, Austin

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be delivering this year’s Littlefield Lectures for the History Department of the University of Texas, Austin. The lectures are based on research from my last two […]
Southerners Against Slavery: Wesleyan Methodists in Montgomery County, North Carolina

In two of my works on Southern Unionism, Unruly Women (1992), and Long Shadow of the Civil War (2010), I wrote extensively about the effects of the anti-slavery Wesleyan Methodist movement in […]
THE LONG SHADOW OF THE CIVIL WAR reviewed online in THE CIVIL WAR MONITOR

The following is the latest online review of my recent book, The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies. I especially appreciate the careful and thorough analysis provided by Laura Hepp Bradshaw, a PhD candidate […]
My Interview with “Mixed Chicks Chat”
Earlier this year, on February 16, I announced my upcoming interview on the award-winning show, Mixed Chicks Chat. This live weekly show, launched by co-producers and co-hosts Fanshen Cox and Heidi Durrow in […]
Announcements: a past interview; an upcoming presentation; the Knight-Booth Family Reunion

Interview by Wisconsin Public Radio This has been a busy week, and the upcoming week will be even more so! As part of Wisconsin Public Radio’s observation of the 150 year anniversary of the Civil War, […]
Speaking About Southern Unionists and Mixed-Race Americans: My visit to Leiden University
Report: By Vikki Bynum I just returned from a wonderful visit to Leiden University in the Netherlands, where I spoke generally about Civil War Southern Unionists and specifically about The Free State […]
Renegade South rated as one of 30 best Civil War blogs!
I’m pleased to announce that Renegade South was recently listed as one of the top Civil War blogs by Onlinecourses.net! To visit the Online Courses site, simply click the certificate below. Online Courses.net […]
Renegade South is on vacation.
Tomorrow I leave for North Carolina. I’ll be there a week: first in Charlotte for the Convention of the Southern Historical Association, then on to Chapel Hill to conduct a little research […]
Coming up: My visit to the University of Georgia as the Gregory Guest lecturer

I’m looking forward to spending five days at the University of Georgia, where I am honored to serve as the history department’s fall semester Gregory Guest Lecturer. My presentation, “Dissent and Outrage Within the […]