TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Editor’s Note: I’d like to welcome those of you coming from either Brooks Simpson’s Civil Warriors post or his updated version at Crossroads.  Before you read further, I urge you to read our disclaimer here at TOCWOC, which reads: The views of each individual TOCWOC blogger do not necessarily reflect the views of the group […]

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Air Date: 103009 Subject: The Beginnings of Lost Cause Romanticism: The Ladies’ Memorial Associations of the South Book: Burying the Dead but Not the Past: Ladies’ Memorial Associations and the Lost Cause Guest: Dr. Caroline E. Janney Summary: Dr. Caroline Janney discusses the first organizations to characterize the Confederate cause as a noble one. Brett’s […]

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I was amused to see Dimitri asking the question, Why on earth would you include an essay on “Lost Cause” historiography in a collection called Battle: The Nature and Consequences of Civil War Combat? I agree. I see several problems with this one. First, could it be because some academic circles (note I said SOME) […]

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Air Date: 042508 Subject: The Origins of Southern White Identity in the Slave Holding South Book: The Making of a Confederate: Walter Lenoir’s Civil War (New Narratives in American History) Guest: Professor William L. Barney Summary: Professor William L. Barney discusses his new book The Making of a Confederate, about a man whose family owns […]

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Air Date: 102805 Subject: Gary Gallagher: Causes Lost and Won Books: The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History Guest: Gary Gallagher Summary: Prolific Civil War author Dr. Gary Gallagher discusses why the South lost, black Confederates, how battlefields should be interpreted, and other controversial topics. Brett’s Summary: The basic summary pretty much […]

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