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Historian Walter Edgar hosts Walter Edgar's Journal and South Carolina from A to Z with Walter Edgar.
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In this segment, Winston Groom analyzes Grant’s mindset during the Civil War, and then briefly compares Grant to the other Union generals cycled through the Civil War..
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In this segment, Dr. Watson outlines the differences in management systems between rice plantations, and cotton plantations.
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In this segment, Dr. Morgan discusses morale for the troops in the Confederate army; why they fought, what kept them together, and the importance of their faith. Dr. Morgan recounts how troop morale...
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Cassandra King talks about Pat Conroy’s unfinished novel. He wrote over two hundred pages for this book, but passed away before it could be completed.
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Dr. Thomas opines on how some ramifications from the Civil Still resonate in the present day.
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Walter Edgar and Dr. Walker analyze how civilians developed solutions for relief in wake of the Confederate government’s imposed income tax, and a law known as “The Tithe.”
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In this segment, Dr. Thompson analyzes how songs composed during the war reflected Southern virtuosity: writing and naming songs for Confederate heroes.
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With the integration of Jim Crow laws in the 1890’s, there was the integration of the “Colored State Fair.” Dr. Stroup discusses the history of the “Colored State Fairs”, and how different factions...
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The Battle of Mobile Bay takes place during the 1864 election, which the Confederacy hoped to disrupt. Union Admiral David Farragut engaged Confederate Admiral Franklin Buchanan’s fleet, and scores...
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This is an excerpt from the University of South Carolina public series, Conversations on the Civil War - 1863. Dr. Walter Edgar speaks to Dr. Thavolia Gylmph, Duke University, about the Port Royal...
