The Old Jarhead. Journal of the Civil War Era. The Journal of the Civil War Era is available at Project Muse Readers can comment on this article in the dialog box at the bottom of this page Right-click on this link to download a pdf of this essay Stephen Berry Civil War scholarship has never been in a healthier place or in broader agreement on fundamentals. With so many of these old debates quiescent, where does that leave us; where do we go from here? Leading off, I offer my “top ten” predictions for how broader professional trends will reshape Civil War historiography in the coming decades. . #10: Civil War History Will “Go Big” As Aaron Sheehan-Dean has recently noted in Virginia Magazine, the increasing volume and specialization of work on the Civil War has become a serious problem.
Even so, other factors will override these. And that is where it belongs. Change, then, is not gradual but punctuated. Our prime directive as historians is to explain and understand these moments of social, cultural, and political elasticity. Fine Art of Photography. Virginia Historical Society - The Center for Virginia History. Tim Kent's Civil War tales. The Civil War Gazette. CIVIL WAR BOOKS and AUTHORS. American History Guild. Blog 4 History. Civil War Trust. Never Lost, Always Informed Top » Each of our Civil War Battle App® guides includes detailed, GPS-enabled battle maps that will show you your location on the battlefield. Many of our Battle App guides also include various time-phased maps that will allow you to see where Union and Confederate units were located on the battlefield at various key moments. Walk where the Hampton Legion or Iron Brigade stood – the units and your location are right on the map.
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Encyclopedia Virginia: The Blog of the Project. Civil War Memory. Looks like I was wrong. Dem. Governor Terry McAuliffe has no plans to issue a proclamation recognizing April as Confederate History Month. My guess is that the vast majority of Virginians will not lose any sleep over this decision. Judge Waites Waring Statue Outside Federal Courthouse in Charleston, SC On April 11 at statue to Judge Julius Waites Waring will be unveiled in Charleston, South Carolina. Waring was the son of a Confederate veteran, who was eventually appointed by Franklin Roosevelt to the federal bench. He is best remembered for his dissent in the 1951 case, Briggs vs. This is Stephen Walker, who earned a BA in history at Longwood University and an MA in history at Virginia Commonwealth University. [Uploaded to YouTube on April 6, 2014] Update: This story from yesterday’s New York Times on Mississippi’s planned Civil Rights museum slated to open in 2017 fits right into this post.
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