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 […]
The Inner Civil War in Montgomery Co., N.C.
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 […]
Preparing Southern Communities at War for Production
You may have noticed that there has not been an original post on Renegade South lately. The reason is that, for the past two weeks, I have been absorbed by the task […]
Hiram Hulin seeks Justice for his Murdered Sons
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 […]
James Morgan Valentine, Newt Knight’s 1st. Lt. in the Free State of Jones
In 1864, with the nation at war, soldiers and civilians alike must daily have asked themselves, would life ever return to normal? At the same time, daily routines had to be continued if folks […]
“Southern Communities at War” is officially in press
Note, Oct. 18, 2009: The title of this book has officially been changed to The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies. I’m pleased to announce that my forthcoming book, […]
Post on Harmon Levi Sumrall at Southern Unionists Chronicles
For those of you interested in learning more about the role played by Harmon Levi Sumrall in the Free State of Jones, please visit Robert Moore’s Southern Unionists Chronicles . There, I have posted and […]
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