William Lowndes Yancey

By Jonathan White

A review of William Lowndes Yancey and the Coming of the Civil War. by Eric H. Walther. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2006. William Lowndes Yancey was described as the Patrick Henry of the Confederacy.  Eric… »

The Midwestern “Copperheads” by Jonathan White

By Jonathan White

Douglas Southall Freeman, The Southern Historian’s Historian by Jonathan White

By Jonathan White

Virginia’s Reluctant Secessionists, Dutiful Sons, Fierce Warriors by Jonathan White

By Jonathan White

Reconstruction’s Legacy in U.S. Occupation Policy After WW I & II by Jonathan White

By Jonathan White

“What we have to Expect,” Harper’s Ferry: Abolitionism, Extradition, and Secession by Jonathan White

By Jonathan White

Constitutional Deists

By Jonathan White

According to Deist belief, God does not get involved in the affairs of mankind. He built the celestial clock, wound up the spring and then walked away. There is no point in praying, since the… »