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“Mississippi’s Most Unlikely Hero: Press Coverage of Ulysses S. Grant, 1863-1885”
Article by Susannah J. Ural, Ph.D. in The Journal of Mississippi History, Spring/Summer 2018. Special Issue on Ulysses S. Grant. In this article, “Mississippi’s Most Unlikely Hero,” Ural offers her analysis of Mississippi press coverage of Ulysses S. Grant during … Continue reading
“Exploring Mississippi Experiences during the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction” — Blog post for USM’s Dale Center for the Study of War & Society
In the summer of 1865, W. T. Rowland of Tippah County, Mississippi, contacted his governor with a complaint. “At the Commencement of the late rebelion [sic], a few of us remained true to the Old Government . . . [and] … Continue reading
“‘Every Comfort, Freedom, and Liberty’: A Case Study of Mississippi’s Confederate Home”
Special Issue: “Rethinking Civil War Veterans”Guest editor: Susannah J. Ural, Ph.D.The Journal of the Civil War Era, Vol. 9, No. 1 (March 2019) This study of Mississippi’s Confederate veteran home, commonly known as “Beauvoir,” challenges historians’ understanding of Confederate veteran … Continue reading
Hood’s Texas Brigade: the Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy’s Most Celebrated Unit
Hood’s Texas Brigade: One of the most effective units to fight on either side of the Civil War, the Texas Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia served under Robert E. Lee from the Seven Days Battles in 1862 to … Continue reading
Don’t Hurry Me Down to Hades: The Civil War in the Words of Those Who Lived It
Don’t Hurry Me Down to Hades: Don’t Hurry Me Down to Hades is the story of families enduring the whirlwind of the Civil War, told through the words of famous and ordinary citizens and ranging from the battlefield to the … Continue reading
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Civil War Citizens: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in America’s Bloodiest Conflict
Civil War Citizens: At its core, the Civil War was a conflict over the meaning of citizenship. Most famously, it became a struggle over whether or not to grant rights to a group that stood outside the pale of civil-society: … Continue reading
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The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865
The Harp and the Eagle On the eve of the Civil War, the Irish were one of America’s largest ethnic groups, and approximately 150,000 fought for the Union. Analyzing letters and diaries written by soldiers and civilians; military, church, and … Continue reading
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