Author’s Preface: The Jim Crow Era, in my view, was Dixie’s Golden Age and provided it with some of its
Tag: Southern History
Charting a Course to Rio de Janeiro
(Note to readers: Below is chapter VI of my book, The Life and Times of Matthew Fontaine Maury, Pathfinder of
This Month in Confederate History – August 2022 Edition
When our daughter and son-in-law treated my wife and me to a visit to the Texas Civil War Museum in
Midshipman Maury
(Note to ID readers: Below is chapter IV of my book, The Life and Times of Matthew Fontaine Maury, Pathfinder
Getting the Most from the 1910 Federal Census
One of my favorite pastimes for several years running has been doing serious genealogical work up and down my family
In Defense of Slavery
Since 1865, the United States has tried desperately to impose a collective guilt upon the South for the “peculiar institution”
Harry Bluff and Scraps from the Lucky Bag
(Note to ID readers: The following is chapter VII of my book, The Life and Times of Matthew Fontaine Maury,
A Fun and Educational Day Out
Saturday, June 5th, 2022, our daughter and son-in-law treated my wife and me to a trip to Fort Worth, Texas,
From Man of Science to Man of War
(Note to Identity Dixie readers: The following is chapter XII of my book, The Life and Times of Matthew Fontaine
Abolition or Liberation? The Center Cannot Hold!
Traditionally, there have been three major schools of thought on Southern identity and how it relates to the relationship between