Category Women
Mary Lincoln and Dressmaker Elizabeth Keckly
Historian Lina Mann gave this presentation looking at the relationship between Mary Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckly. The video’s description reads, “White House Historical Association historian Lina Mann talked about Elizabeth Keckly — a popular Washington, D.C., dressmaker and former slave — who was a confidante of first lady Mary Lincoln. Video provided by the White […]
2024 Lincoln Forum: Abraham Lincoln Books for Children
In this panel from the 2024 Lincoln Forum, kicked off by the most adorable introductions ever at a history conference, Jan Jacobi, Karen Winnick, and Professor Jonathan White discuss the children’s books they’ve written about Abraham Lincoln and people around him. The video’s description reads, “Historians discussed children’s books about Abraham Lincoln. This event was […]
2024 Lincoln Forum: Civil War Letters of Gabriel and Nannie Wharton
In this presentation from the 2024 Lincoln Forum, William C. “Jack” Davis and Susan Heth Bell discuss the letters of Gabriel and Nanny Wharton, ancestors of Ms. Bell. The video’s description reads, “Historians William Davis and Sue Bell discussed the Civil War era letters between Bell’s great-great-grandparents, Anne ‘Nannie’ Radford Wharton and Gabriel ‘Gabe’ Wharton, […]
Waging War on Civilians and Private Property
Here, Professor Jonathan Noyalas discusses US troops and Virginia civilians in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War. This was during the McCormick Civil War Institute’s Spring Conference at Shenandoah University. The video’s description reads, “Shenandoah University Civil War Institute Director Jonathan Noyalas talked about civilian casualties and the destruction of private property during the Civil […]
A Confederate Love Affair: Was This the Most Romantic Couple of the Civil War?
This interview with the noted historian William C. “Jack” Davis is from the Winter 2023 issue of America’s Civil War magazine. “Civil War historian William C. ‘Jack’ Davis, retired professor of American History at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, recently collaborated with Sue Bell on a project to edit letters dating from 1863 to 1865 between Sue […]
Combee
In this presentation, Professor Edda Fields-Black discusses Harriet Tubman and her leadership of the Combahee River Raid. The video’s description reads, “Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black talked about Harriet Tubman’s role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against Confederates in South Carolina which rescued over 700 former slaves.The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.” […]
The War for the Union: The Organized War 1863-1864
This book by Allan Nevins is the penultimate volume in his series, The Ordeal of the Union. “From the outset,” Professor Nevins writes, “the antagonists had been aware of a fundamental difference in position. The North had to fight for a decisive victory in the field; for the destruction or hopeless crippling of the Confederate […]
“Weary of So Much Suffering”: Letters from the Sheridan Field Hospital
This article by Professor Jonathan Noyalas appeared in the Winter 2024 issue of Civil War Times magazine. “A gloomy and tragic scene—one with which the inhabitants of the oft-contested city of Winchester, Va., were unfortunately all too familiar—unfolded throughout the night of September 19, 1864, as thousands of casualties from the Third Battle of Winchester were brought to […]
The Demands of Justice
In this presentation, Professor Tamika Nunley discusses how enslaved women accused of crimes were treated under Virginia law. This is a very good presentation. The video’s description reads, “Cornell University professor Tamika Nunley looked at how enslaved women accused of capital crimes fared under the law in Virginia.” https://www.c-span.org/video/?531273-6/the-demands-justice
General Lee’s Daughters
This article by Gene Smith is from American Heritage Magazine, Volume 47, Issue 4, July/August 1996. “The general adored his son Rooney’s wife, and he was forever asking friends to find a suitable match for his youngest son: ‘You see, there is no Mrs. R. E. Lee, Jr. Cannot you persuade some of those pretty […]
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