One of the side-effects of the BLM protests has been the outrage over Confederate statues. The common theme in some circles is the removal of these statues is an attack on Southern history. That premise assumes that the statues are there to honor Southern heritage and those that served and died in the Civil War. … Continue reading Confederate Statues and the Legacy of the Lost Cause

If you ask a number of people what the Civil War was about, you'll often hear it was about States' Rights. Why is the concept so prevalent? John C. Calhoun created the concept of States' Rights as a justification for maintaining slavery and arguing for Southern secession as early as 1850. This idea was later … Continue reading No Virginia, the Civil War was not about States’ Rights