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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Remixing the Civil War: Meditations on the Sesquicentennial
This looks like an interesting collection of essays on the sesquicentennial, though a little steep at $40, though there is a paperback edition at $25, still a little steep. It appears to use Robert Penn Warren’s _The Legacy of the … Continue reading
“Dixie”: Disunion Blog – NY Times
There is an interesting article at the NY Times’ Civil War blog, “Disunion,” this morning on the writing and acceptance in the South, as its “anthem,” of the song “Dixie,” ironically written by a Northerner, Daniel Decatur Emmett: “In a New … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Slavery and Emancipation
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Resisting Emancipation in Washington, D.C. – Donald Shaffer
One of my favorite CW blogs is Donald Shaffer’s “Civil War Emancipation.” What I like about his blog is that his posts about the war parallel the current date. Today he writes about emancipation in Washington, D.C.: “As March ended … Continue reading
Posted in Slavery and Emancipation
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