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 […]
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 […]
During the booksigning portion of my recent trip to the Laurel-Jones County Library, where I gave a presentation on Newt Knight and the Free State of Jones, I met Jan Dykes, who […]
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, […]
By Vikki Bynum Ed Payne’s current series on Mississippi Piney Woods Civil War Unionists, “Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties,” provides a timely context for a closer look at Oquin C. Martin, a former Confederate […]
Part 2: No better than runaway slaves: Piney Woods enlistees in the Union 1st N.O. Infantry By Ed Payne Between November of 1863 and November of 1864, over two hundred Mississippi […]
Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties: Piney Woods enlistees in the Union 1st and 2nd New Orleans Infantry By Ed Payne Part I Two years ago I gave a presentation in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a […]
During the past six months, I have received several messages from independent researcher Jeff Giambrone, who sent me a number of Civil War letters and newspaper articles that he has uncovered through his […]
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 […]
The following essay is crossposted on the special Civil War Sesquicentennial website hosted by the University of North Carolina Press. Vikki Bynum, Moderator Reflections on the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Victoria Bynum As […]
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