I am researching Confederate memory in Virginia during the World War I period, circa 1914-1920. Focusing on public memory, especially the erection of Confederate monuments during those years, I ask if and how international conflict affected Civil War memorialization. America … Continue reading →

I am researching Confederate memory in Virginia during the World War I period, circa 1914-1920. Focusing on public memory, especially the erection of Confederate monuments during those years, I want to examine the effects of international conflict on Civil War … Continue reading →

This week I read an article called “Graves, Worms, and Epitaphs: Confederate Monuments in the Southern Landscape” by J. Michael Martinez and Robert M. Harris in the volume Confederate Symbols in the Contemporary South, edited by Martinez, William D. Richardson, … Continue reading →

This week I read two more secondary sources that I thought would be significant to my studies. The first, David W. Blight’s Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the American Civil War (2002) is a collection of Blight’s essays and … Continue reading →