Life and Death at the Florence Stockade, American Civil War, Prisoner of War Camp, South Carolina

2012 ◽  
pp. 41-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G. Avery ◽  
Patrick H. Garrow
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Civil War ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
Life And Death

scholarly journals A Soldier’s Faith: The Civil War Experiences and Reflections of William Porcher DuBose

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-187
Author(s):  
Robert B. Slocum
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
Theology Of The Cross ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
Confederate Army ◽  
Military Chaplain ◽  
War Experiences ◽  
Peace And Reconciliation

AbstractThe noted Episcopal theologian William Porcher DuBose was a seminarian when the American Civil War began. He was torn between continuing his studies for ordination and joining the Confederate Army. He felt duty bound to defend his homeland, and he served heroically, wounded in combat, and taken as a prisoner of war. Troubled by the senselessness and inhumanity of war, he was eventually ordained and served as a military chaplain. He devoted himself to faith and ministry when he realized his country and culture were lost. DuBose vividly presents his views on war and faith in his wartime correspondence with his fiancée and later wife Anne Barnwell Perroneau, and other writings. His experiences of loss and poverty were the basis for his theology of the cross and his understanding of the role of suffering in the Christian life, and he subsequently dedicated himself to faith, peace, and reconciliation.

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 464-466
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
Union Army ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
The Social ◽  
Brown University ◽  
Army Soldiers ◽  
The U.S

Kaivan Munshi of Brown University reviews “Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War” by Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Explores the effect of peers on people's behavior, drawing upon the life histories of white and black Union Army Soldiers from the American Civil War. Discusses loyalty and sacrifice; why the U.S. Civil War; building the armies; heroes and cowards; prisoner-of-war camp survivors; the homecoming of….”

John McCrady of South Carolina: pioneer student of North American Hydrozoa

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
LESTER D. STEPHENS ◽  
DALE R. CALDER
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Civil War ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
Personal Problems ◽  
Darwinian Theory ◽  
Louis Agassiz

South Carolina naturalist John McCrady (1831–1881), a protégé of Louis Agassiz, was a pioneer in the study of Hydrozoa in North America. McCrady undertook investigations on hydrozoan life cycles, and provided thorough descriptions of most taxa. At least 20 of the families, genera, and species that he described and named are still recognised as valid. His ideas concerning classification and nomenclature within the Hydrozoa were remarkable for their time. As a result of the American Civil War, personal problems, cultural predilections, and preoccupation with other scientific interests, McCrady discontinued his hydrozoan research after 1860. Thereafter, his efforts in science were devoted to formulating a “Law of Development”, and to criticism of Darwinian theory.

When No One Governs

2020 ◽  
pp. 62-86
Author(s):  
David Skarbek
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
State Failure ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
The Face ◽  
Governance Institutions ◽  
Basic Infrastructure

Chapter 4 discusses the case of the Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp established during the American Civil War, which stands out as one of the most brutal and deadly camps then in operation. It describes how officials provided shockingly few resources, no basic infrastructure, and essentially no governance within the facility. However, prisoners themselves did little to organize because there were few benefits from doing so. There was no access to outside economic activity, no trade was possible, and there were few natural resources within the perimeter of the camp. As such, there were no gains from acting collectively. As chapter 4 explains, the case of Andersonville shows that governance institutions do not emerge automatically, even in the face of state failure.

scholarly journals Charlotte Libraries Tackle Controversial Topic

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Beth Scarborough ◽  
Susan Foster Pardue
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Public Library ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Controversial Topic ◽  
History Department ◽  
Public Forums

Abstract UNC Charlotte’s Atkins Library, along with the History Department and Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library, in response to violence, hatred and killings in both South Carolina and Virginia in 2015 and 2017, and contentious arguments over the presence of Confederate monuments, particularly on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill, proposed a series of public forums to address the controversy. With funds from the UNC Charlotte Chancellor’s Diversity Fund, plans were made to sponsor a total of five programs, each addressing a way to combat long-held myths and deliver truths about North Carolina’s history during the Confederacy. This series of programs, Beyond the Myths: The American Civil War in History and Memory, held in February and March 2019, took place on the main and downtown campuses of UNC Charlotte and at the Sugar Creek Branch of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library. The planning and delivery of the series, marketing efforts and follow-up are detailed in this article.  

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