Videos

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jefferson Cowie looked at the clashes between the federal government and white southerners following the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the civil rights movemen…

Anne Sarah Rubin talked about her book Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman’s March and American Memory. She showed illustrations during her talk and then responded to questions from members …

James McPherson talked about his book, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief. He spoke in Room 16 of the Legislative Plaza at the 2014 Southern Festival of Books, held fr…

Linda Barnickel talked about her book, Milliken’s Bend: A Civil War Battle in History and Memory, in which she chronicles a Civil War battle in which a Union force composed predominantly of …

Andrew Ward talked about his book River Run Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War, published by Viking. The book detailed the capture of the Union garrison at Fort Pillow,…

T.J. Stiles discussed his book,Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, published by Alfred A. Knopf. The book explores the life of one of America’s most famous names and chronicles his…

Charles Bracelen Flood talked about his book Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The author examined both how the friendship of…

James Baggett talked about his book The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction, published by Louisiana State University Press. Ms. Varon talked about her biograp…

Author David Goldfield discussed his newest book, Still Fighting the Civil War: The American South and Southern History, published by Louisiana State University Press. In it, the author make…

The Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tennessee held a panel discussion on the history of the U.S. Civil War. Participants included Jennifer Bohrnstedt, author of Soldiering With Sher…

Panel members discussed the daily lives of Civil War soldiers. Mr. Rosen talked about his book The Jewish Confederates, published by University of South Carolina Press. Mr. Groce talked abou…

Felicity Allen talked about her biography, Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart, published by the University of Missouri Press. This book presents the president of the Confederacy from a Sou…

Authors James Ramage and Sam Elliot spoke about the military careers of John Singleton Mosby and Alexander P. Stewart. They focused on the legend and myths surrounding these two Confederate …

Mr. Holzer and Mr. Harris talked about the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. They focused on how Lincoln was remembered by his contemporaries. They also focused on some of the misconceptions and my…