Blog Patrick Henry: The Real Indispensable Man After finishing a biography titled, Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty, by John Kukla, I am…Julie PaineOctober 20, 2021
Blog Washington vs. Lee L. Q. C. LAMAR TO THE VICKSBURG COMMITTEE OXFORD, Miss., Dec. 5, 1870. To Col.…Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSeptember 1, 2021
Blog Southern Poets and Poems, Part IV A Series by Clyde Wilson UNKNOWN WRITER, 1781 The Battle of King’s Mountain 'T was…Clyde WilsonApril 30, 2020
Blog Driving Through Virginia, Part III The Colonial Parkway connects Jamestowne and WIlliamsburg with the third leg of Virginia’s HIstoric Triangle-Yorktown. …Brett MoffattSeptember 6, 2019
Blog Rediscovering Heritage Lack of attachment to culture, heritage, and tradition is the death of a nation. As…Nicole WilliamsAugust 28, 2019
Review Posts The First South A review of The First South (LSU Press, 1961) by John Richard Alden One of…Shane AndersonJune 11, 2019
Review Posts George Washington: A Biography A review of George Washington: A Biography in Seven Volumes (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,…Jeff WolvertonMay 14, 2019
Blog How to Run the American Revolution: Belated Advice In the spirit of historical course correction, I herewith submit some thoughts to those who…Joseph R. StrombergNovember 23, 2018
Blog The Spirit of ’61 The bloody conflict of 1861 to 1865 is often called the Civil War, but most…Karen StokesJuly 4, 2018
Blog The Fighting Gamecock: Thomas Sumter Thomas Sumter in his encounters with the Indian nations enters the pages of recorded history.…M.E. BradfordNovember 1, 2017
Blog Imagine if the British Won? Let us imagine for a moment that the French army and fleet were not present…Bernard ThuersamAugust 28, 2017
Blog Blame Abraham Lincoln for Confederate Monuments George Orwell, in his dystopian novel 1984, wrote that “Ignorance is strength.” Big Brother thrives…H.V. Traywick, Jr.June 1, 2017
Blog The Latest 18th Century Fake News The "fake news" pejorative has become commonplace in modern public discourse, so much so that…Brion McClanahanApril 27, 2017
Blog Washington vs. Lincoln Abraham Lincoln and George Washington stare silently at one another across the reflecting pool on…Brion McClanahanFebruary 22, 2017
Blog Finding the Swamp Fox John Oller, The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution (Da Capo Press,…Jeff RogersFebruary 20, 2017
Blog A State of Mind On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offered a resolution to the Second…John MarquardtJanuary 5, 2017
Review Posts James Jackson of Georgia: Unknown Patriot Founder Published in honor of James Jackson's birthday, September 21. Delivered in Savannah, in February, 1806,…Thomas U.P. CharltonSeptember 21, 2016
Blog American Counter-Revolution A Review of The American Counter Revolution: A Retreat From Liberty, 1783-1800, by Larry E.…Clyde WilsonJuly 4, 2016
Review Posts The Destruction of Old Sheldon Church and Other Ravages of War From time to time an unsuspecting tourist visiting the ruins of the Old Sheldon Church…Gail JarvisMarch 22, 2016
Review Posts Charles Carroll of Carrollton: The Southern Irish Catholic Planter A slightly different version of this essay is Chapter Eleven in Brion McClanahan, The Politically…Brion McClanahanMarch 17, 2016
Review Posts Virginia First I. THE name First given to the territory occupied by the present United States was…Lyon G. TylerNovember 6, 2015
Blog From the Saddle John Rutledge of South Carolina is one of the most important men of the founding…Brion McClanahanSeptember 17, 2015
Blog The South: The Genesis of American Independence Originally published at www.circa1865.com In 1887 North Carolina’s Lieutenant-General Daniel H. Hill spoke of the…Bernard ThuersamAugust 10, 2015
Review Posts South Carolina’s “Long Train of Abuses” Just as we have always been told that America was founded by Pilgrims in search…Becky CalcuttJune 30, 2015
Clyde Wilson Library A Southern Tradition: Restraining Bad Government In talking about the Southern political tradition, it is most appropriate to point to the…Clyde WilsonApril 1, 2015
Blog Southern Discomfort Late in August 2001 my wife Barbara and I visited the classic Southern city of…R.E. Smith, Jr.February 5, 2015
Clyde Wilson Library Nathaniel Macon and North Carolina Independence Although I have been in exile many years, I am a Tar Heel born and…Clyde WilsonDecember 17, 2014
Review Posts Forgotten Founder George Mason This essay is excerpted from Brion McClanahan's The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers…Brion McClanahanDecember 11, 2014
Clyde Wilson Library Tiger’s Meat: William Gilmore Simms and the History of the Revolution In the early days of the United States, Founding Father Alexander Hamilton remarked: "The safety…Clyde WilsonNovember 11, 2014
Blog We Need No Declaration of Independence Many current Americans, indeed perhaps most, regard the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861…Brion McClanahanOctober 8, 2014
Blog The Fighting Gamecock The University of South Carolina mascot is somewhat of a joke among SEC football fans.…Brion McClanahanJuly 16, 2014
Blog Rethinking the Declaration of Independence The article originally was published by Townhall.com on July 4, 2010. Thomas Jefferson wrote in…Brion McClanahanJuly 4, 2014
Blog July 4- What Exactly are We Celebrating? On July 2, 1776 the Continental Congress voted to declare independence from the English Crown.…Carl JonesJuly 4, 2014
Blog Carolina Day Throw thy bold banner to the breeze! Front with thy ranks the threatening seas Like…Paul C. GrahamJune 27, 2014
Blog “Liberty Ought to be the Direct End of Your Government” One of the greatest American statesmen, Patrick Henry, was born on this day (May 29)…Brion McClanahanMay 29, 2014
Blog “Liberty Ought to be the Direct End of Your Government” One of the greatest American statesmen, Patrick Henry, was born on this day (May 29)…Brion McClanahanMay 29, 2014
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