Wednesday will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (February 9, 1809). To mark this day, PBS will show the following:The Assassination of Abraham LincolnPBS, February 9, 2009 at 9:00 p.m.Looking for LincolnPBS, February 11, 2009…

This Republic of Suffering – Death and the American Civil Warby Drew Gilpin FaustVintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc.New York, 2008ISBN 9780375703836The Republic of Suffering was chosen by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books of 20…

Virginia at War – 1862edited by William C. Davis and James I. Robertson, Jr.ISBN 978-0-8131-2428-52007, The University Press of Kentucky, LexingtonOf particular interest to me in this book, the second in a series of five volumes, is the Diary of a Sout…

“One of the Best Loved, North and South”The Appropriation of National Reconciliation by LaSalle Corbell Pickettby Caroline E. JanneyVirginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 116, No. 4, 2008,pages 370-406Continuing with the theme of the use of l…

Confederate Daughters: Coming of Age during the Civil WarBy Victoria E. OttSouthern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 2008ISBN 9780809328284The role of literature in shaping first the image of the Confederacy and then later preserving that image i…

Confederate Daughters: Coming of Age during the Civil WarBy Victoria E. OttSouthern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 2008ISBN 9780809328284As I continue to read Confederate Daughters, I was fascinated by the discussion of the ways in which these …

Confederate Daughters: Coming of Age during the Civil WarBy Victoria E. OttSouthern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 2008ISBN 9780809328284I have just received from the publisher a review copy of what promises to be a fascinating study of young w…

The following is from Historic Fredericksburg: The Story of an Old Town by John T. Goolrick, published in 1922, describing events of Christmas Eve 1862, after the horrific Battle of Fredericksburg of December 11-13, 1862.”We spoke of Christmas Eve [186…

Abraham Lincoln visited Fredericksburg, Virginia on May 23, 1862. The following account was published in the “Christian Banner” newspaper on May 27, 1862 and is taken from page 344 of the memoirs of James Hunnicutt, publisher of said newspaper, a north…

Today, December 13, 2008, marks the 146th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg. See the National Park Service Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania web page for a listing of events to commemorate this anniversary.Betty Herndon Maury was not in Frederick…