Confederate States of America — Bunk History

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How Women Mapped the Upheaval of 19th Century America

The second part in a series exploring little-seen contributions to cartography.

by Laura Bliss via CityLab on March 23, 2016

The Birth of the Ku Klux Brand

A new book re-traces the origins of the 19th-century KKK, which began as a social club before swiftly moving to murder.

by Malcolm Harris via Pacific Standard on February 19, 2016

“Richmond Reoccupied by Men Who Wore the Gray”

In 1890, the former Confederate capital erected a monument to Robert E. Lee-and reasserted white supremacy.

by Maurie D. McInnis via Slate on July 1, 2015

Why Americans Love To Declare Independence

The 1776 Declaration was only the first. What we learn from the long history of splinter constitutions, manifestos, and secessions that followed.

by Robert L. Tsai via Boston Globe on June 29, 2014

Inaugural oath being sworn by President

Four More Years: Presidential Inaugurations

An hour of stories about a few high-stakes inaugurations from the past.

via BackStory on January 11, 2013

Confederate soldier with wife and baby.

Fighting for Home

How the idea of “home” motivated Confederate soldiers, and strengthened their resolve to fight.

via BackStory on March 31, 2011

An African American man and a white soldier from the 23rd New York.

Fighting for Union

One man’s struggle to pick a side of the war, his ultimate choice, and how powerful the of concepts “liberty and union” were in motivating Northern soldiers.

via BackStory on March 31, 2011

A painting of the physician Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the hero Aeneas.

Two Generals Contest the Definition of Cruelty

Hood and Sherman exchange epistolary fire in 1864.

by William Tecumseh Sherman, John B. Hood via Lapham’s Quarterly on September 14, 1864

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