About ten years ago, I was invited to participate in a cemetery tour in Auburn,…
Tom DanielJuly 16, 2014
*What American President launched a massive invasion of another country that posed no threat, and…
Clyde WilsonJuly 15, 2014
One of the greatest men in American history was born on this date (July 13)…
Clyde WilsonJuly 14, 2014
I was killing time the other day in my office looking through human interest websites…
Tom DanielJuly 14, 2014
Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia in an effort to combat the “dark Federalist…
Brion McClanahanJuly 11, 2014
I’m afraid we may be looking at an upcoming generation of Southern children who don’t…
Tom DanielJuly 10, 2014
Today (July 8) is Lt. Col. John Stith Pemberton's birthday. While not as important to…
Brion McClanahanJuly 8, 2014
On April 4, 1964, The Beatles achieved American chart success that will almost certainly never…
Tom DanielJuly 7, 2014
The article originally was published by Townhall.com on July 4, 2010. Thomas Jefferson wrote in…
Brion McClanahanJuly 4, 2014
On July 2, 1776 the Continental Congress voted to declare independence from the English Crown.…
Carl JonesJuly 4, 2014
From May through early July 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi, a strategically important city on the Mississippi…
Karen StokesJuly 2, 2014
Few American authors wrote as many stories set in the old South as William Sydney…
Gail JarvisJuly 1, 2014
The trailer (end of the piece) for the second season of Country Music Television’s “Party…
James Rutledge RoeschJuly 1, 2014
Notwithstanding Ole Miss fans, those opening few bars of “Dixie” sends chills down the back…
Tom DanielJune 30, 2014
Throw thy bold banner to the breeze! Front with thy ranks the threatening seas Like…
Paul C. GrahamJune 27, 2014
The Republic of Alabama existed for a little less than a month in 1861. When…
Brion McClanahanJune 24, 2014
Tom Hiddleston, an English actor best known for playing Loki in the Thor and Avengers…
Dan E. PhillipsJune 23, 2014
On June 18, 1954, Albert Love Patterson, attorney general nominate for Alabama, was gunned down…
Brion McClanahanJune 20, 2014
One of the unwritten great things about the South is our obsession with colorful nicknames.…
Tom DanielJune 19, 2014
Hermann Keyserling was an Austrian writer quite well-known internationally in the early 20th century for…
Clyde WilsonJune 19, 2014
The Pledge of Allegiance is neither a sacred American tradition nor a patriotic duty, but…
James Rutledge RoeschJune 18, 2014
For any historian, seeing or hearing the past, holding it in your hand, is almost…
Brion McClanahanJune 17, 2014
You can count me out of the trendy Redneck Renaissance going on. I guess I’m…
Tom DanielJune 17, 2014
When the Celtic people of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern England began coming in large…
Carl JonesJune 16, 2014
Recently, Major League Soccer announced that it would be expanding into Atlanta. I like to…
Dan E. PhillipsJune 13, 2014
When the fascist regime ruling Ukraine banned the use of the Russian language, arrested Ukrainians…
James Rutledge RoeschJune 13, 2014
If I ever got started writing about Southern good manners, I’m not sure I could…
Tom DanielJune 12, 2014
Most people don't know, but today (June 11) is Clyde Wilson's birthday. I had the…
Brion McClanahanJune 11, 2014
After his release from imprisonment in 1867, President Jefferson Davis journeyed to Canada where he…
Bernard ThuersamJune 11, 2014
June 2 was John Randolph of Roanoke's (1773-1833) birthday. We at the Abbeville Institute missed…
Brion McClanahanJune 10, 2014
During the time of the secession of South Carolina and other Southern states, and after…
Karen StokesJune 9, 2014
I’ve been perplexed about Tocqueville’s posture towards the South for quite some time. On the…
Marshall DeRosaJune 6, 2014
This piece originally appeared in the May 30, 2014 edition of the The Bowling Green…
Michele KayalJune 5, 2014
Delivered by Jefferson Davis on 21 January 1861 before leaving the United States Senate. I…
Jefferson DavisJune 4, 2014
Delivered by Jefferson Davis on 21 January 1861 before leaving the United States Senate. I…
Jefferson DavisJune 4, 2014
I regularly get bulk e-mails from a website called Clash Daily, which is run by…
Dan E. PhillipsJune 2, 2014
(3rd in a 5-part series) Hollywood’s treatment of Southerners in the vast output of World…
Clyde WilsonMay 30, 2014
Many music fans believe Southern rock died in 1977 when Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crashed in…
Brion McClanahanMay 30, 2014
(3rd in a 5-part series) Hollywood’s treatment of Southerners in the vast output of World…
Clyde WilsonMay 30, 2014
Many music fans believe Southern rock died in 1977 when Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crashed in…
Brion McClanahanMay 30, 2014
One of the greatest American statesmen, Patrick Henry, was born on this day (May 29)…
Brion McClanahanMay 29, 2014
One of the greatest American statesmen, Patrick Henry, was born on this day (May 29)…
Brion McClanahanMay 29, 2014
In Part 1 we demonstrated how during Hollywood’s Golden Age nearly every Northern-born major star…
Clyde WilsonMay 28, 2014
In Part 1 we demonstrated how during Hollywood’s Golden Age nearly every Northern-born major star…
Clyde WilsonMay 28, 2014
Dear Civil War enthusiasts, students, re-enactors, historians, friends, Over a lifetime of reading and research,…
Ronald F. MaxwellMay 27, 2014
They say that writing is good for the soul, and my soul needs something good.…
Tom DanielMay 27, 2014
Dear Civil War enthusiasts, students, re-enactors, historians, friends, Over a lifetime of reading and research,…
Ronald F. MaxwellMay 27, 2014
They say that writing is good for the soul, and my soul needs something good.…
Tom DanielMay 27, 2014
The concept of a faithful slave goes against today's authorized slave narratives. Before the social…
Gail JarvisMay 26, 2014
The concept of a faithful slave goes against today's authorized slave narratives. Before the social…
Gail JarvisMay 26, 2014
Random observations from reading David Hackett Fischer's Albion's Seed (which I've not yet finished)- Ain't,…
Carl JonesMay 23, 2014
Random observations from reading David Hackett Fischer's Albion's Seed (which I've not yet finished)- Ain't,…
Carl JonesMay 23, 2014
In April, several members of the Wisconsin Republican Party inserted a resolution in the State…
Brion McClanahanMay 22, 2014
In a recent Abbeville blog, I wrote about the correct pronunciation of the racetrack located…
Tom DanielMay 22, 2014
In April, several members of the Wisconsin Republican Party inserted a resolution in the State…
Brion McClanahanMay 22, 2014
In a recent Abbeville blog, I wrote about the correct pronunciation of the racetrack located…
Tom DanielMay 22, 2014
Excerpted from “The Banjo Entertainers, Roots to Ragtime, A Banjo History,” by Lowell H. Schreyer,…
Lowell H. SchreyerMay 21, 2014
Excerpted from “The Banjo Entertainers, Roots to Ragtime, A Banjo History,” by Lowell H. Schreyer,…
Lowell H. SchreyerMay 21, 2014
Fifty years ago the master narrative of the Civil War Centennial failed to synchronize with…
Philip LeighMay 20, 2014
Fifty years ago the master narrative of the Civil War Centennial failed to synchronize with…
Philip LeighMay 20, 2014
About ten years ago, one of my colleagues suggested to me that Americans listen to…
Tom DanielMay 19, 2014
At the annual reunion of the Alabama Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans I sat at…
Carl JonesMay 19, 2014
About ten years ago, one of my colleagues suggested to me that Americans listen to…
Tom DanielMay 19, 2014
Having passed my allotted three score and ten, I realise that I have spent too…
Clyde WilsonMay 16, 2014
One of the greatest examples of the Southern tradition is a love of the great…
Carl JonesMay 14, 2014
Twenty years ago this Spring, I lost the greatest friend I never met, Lewis Grizzard.…
Tom DanielMay 13, 2014
Presented at the SC Sons of Confederate Veterans’ Confederate Memorial Day Commemoration South Carolina Statehouse,…
Paul C. GrahamMay 12, 2014
Most people who visit or live in Columbus, Georgia probably don't realize that one of…
Brion McClanahanMay 9, 2014
Tito Perdue is a self-described “problematic author” and “cultural reactionary.” His novels are bitter and…
Mike C. TuggleMay 9, 2014
Yankees don’t understand the Southern obsession with college football, and if they don’t understand it,…
Tom DanielMay 8, 2014
T.R. Fehrenbach, author of the magisterial classic Lone Star: A History of Texas and Texans,…
Clyde WilsonMay 7, 2014
From Bernard Thuersam's website: Senator Robert Toombs and the Cornerstone of the Confederacy “GENTLEMEN OF…
Bernard ThuersamMay 7, 2014
Leonidas Polk was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1806, the son and grandson of…
Roger BusbiceMay 6, 2014
Cliven Bundy recently stepped in it with his impolitic racial comments. The unfortunate comments are…
Marshall DeRosaMay 5, 2014
The Callaway Gardens visitors center in Pine Mountain, Georgia shows a film explaining the history…
Brion McClanahanMay 5, 2014
Limited by a popular and academic culture at the beginning of the 21st century that…
H. Lee Cheek, Jr.May 2, 2014
Although I’m not a mountain man, and I would never dare call myself smart enough…
Tom DanielMay 1, 2014
What attributes make a man? More importantly, what made a Southern man? Two famous Southern…
Brion McClanahanApril 30, 2014
Stewart, Bruce E. Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia. Lexington: The…
Samuel C. SmithApril 30, 2014
Have you ever wondered about that cryptic third verse of “Sweet Home Alabama?” The music…
Tom DanielApril 29, 2014
James Monroe was born today (April 28) in 1757. He is one of the more…
Brion McClanahanApril 28, 2014
In my article from last week entitled “1865 and Modern Relevance” I asserted that the…
Carl JonesApril 28, 2014
In present day academia, one is guaranteed a celebrated career by inventing a new way…
Clyde WilsonApril 28, 2014
The antebellum American South did not have any artists of note. This misconception has been…
Brion McClanahanApril 26, 2014
It feels good to be outside alongside Mother Nature as she greens, casually, lovingly transforming…
Chris JacksonApril 25, 2014
Grits can simultaneously be both an item of pride and an item of derision. On…
Tom DanielApril 24, 2014
A phenomenon that has always intrigued me is how certain books achieved importance not because…
Gail JarvisApril 24, 2014
In the present judgment of history—or at least those who are counted worthy to opine…
Valerie ProtopapasApril 22, 2014
It had to happen. It was as inevitable as the sunrise, death, taxes, politicians’ lies,…
Clyde WilsonApril 22, 2014
War and Democracy by Paul Gottfried, Arktos, 2012. War and Democracy is a collection of…
Jason SorensApril 21, 2014
In his book The Coming of the Glory (1949), author John S. Tillery relates that…
Carl JonesApril 21, 2014
William Gilmore Simms was a consummate Southern man of letters, excelling equally in poetry, fiction,…
Clyde WilsonApril 17, 2014
When it comes to stories that make your hair stand on end everyone’s mind understandably…
Sean BusickApril 17, 2014
"To write from a people is to write a people---to make them live---to endow them…
Clyde WilsonApril 17, 2014
Here’s another one of those things about our lives controlled by Yankees – ice quantity.…
Tom DanielApril 17, 2014
"I saw in State Rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign…
Carl JonesApril 16, 2014
In light of Tom Daniel's post "Top 11 Southern Rock Bands," I thought I would…
Brion McClanahanApril 16, 2014
I decided to rank my own favorite Top Southern Rock Bands with some added personal…
Tom DanielApril 15, 2014
The historian Andrew C. McLaughlin in 1932 wrote that the British imperial system was characterized…
Brion McClanahanApril 15, 2014
Born in Lewes, England (October 5, 1751), Iredell spent his childhood in Bristol. The eldest…
H. Lee Cheek, Jr.April 15, 2014
In my previous post on this website I addressed the Lincoln’s 1863 revelation to Governor…
Marshall DeRosaApril 14, 2014
A few months back, I had a student ask me about Don Livingston's characterization of…
Brion McClanahanApril 14, 2014
Early in the winter of 1863 Francis Pierpont, the Governor of the Restored Government of…
Marshall DeRosaApril 12, 2014
Lately, I've been doing a lot of thinking about Southern Rock, which is something very…
Tom DanielApril 11, 2014
Daniel Boone by John James Audubon "Daniel Boone was a man, yes a big man."…
Brion McClanahanApril 11, 2014
February 2014 saw the passing of Maurice Bessinger and Tim Wilson, two Southerners who represented…
Brion McClanahanApril 10, 2014
April 3 was Washington Irving's birthday. While not a Southerner, Irving would have supported the…
Brion McClanahanApril 9, 2014
Boston Residents Protesting Busing in 1974. Jonathan Kozol seems to be one of those innumerable…
Clyde WilsonApril 9, 2014
The Rev. Al Sharpton is a darling of the national news media, primarily because he…
Charley ReeseApril 9, 2014
Every Southern town has a local historian, a life-long resident who loves the tales and…
Brion McClanahanApril 8, 2014
General Richard S. Ewell had a reputation for being a heavy drinker, foul mouthed, and…
Carl JonesApril 8, 2014
We Southerners know a little bit about music. “American Idol,” for those who haven’t watched,…
Tom DanielApril 8, 2014
According to Deist belief, God does not get involved in the affairs of mankind. He…
Jonathan WhiteApril 8, 2014
Forty years ago today, Lynyrd Skynyrd released their second album titled Second Helping. The effort…
Brion McClanahanApril 7, 2014
The consummation of farming year number six arrived abruptly, almost automatic like the next breath.…
Chris JacksonApril 6, 2014
“…the borrower is servant to him that lendeth” (Proverbs 22:7) “There is an elegant memorial…
John DevannyApril 6, 2014
“Watch what you’re doing – you never know who’s watching you.” I can still hear…
Tom DanielApril 4, 2014
When I first moved here, more than forty years ago, the county was mostly rural,…
Clyde WilsonApril 3, 2014
Many black Southerners headed North in the early twentieth century in search of a better…
Brion McClanahanApril 3, 2014
The triangular racial duel, fought for so long a time for the mastery of North…
Andrew Nelson LytleJanuary 1, 1970
Slavery & Abortion – A False Analogy Frequently the pro-life leadership draws a parallel…
Andrew Nelson LytleJanuary 1, 1970
Over the last several years the American public has been conditioned, like Pavlov’s dog, to…
Wayne PeaseJanuary 1, 1970
Dixieland Despite. Lorn, the city burns Aphelion, the world turns Cracked lips whisper, yearn Embers…
Neil KumarJanuary 1, 1970
Washington, where I have been living for the past six months, is an intriguing city…
Thomas LandessJanuary 1, 1970
In America education has taken on many of the characteristics of a religion: the state…
Warren LeamonJanuary 1, 1970
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS, leader of a second, alternative American Republic founded in this land, died…
Otto ScottJanuary 1, 1970
Tom Steyer has been one of the largest left-wing donors in recent memory. From 2014-2016…
Michael MartinJanuary 1, 1970
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