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The continued history of Beaufort County, South Carolina, during and following the Civil War

In Rebellion, Reconstruction, and Redemption, 1861-1893, the second of three volumes on the…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410234/The-Man-Who-Started-the-Civil-War
A fresh biography of a neglected figure in Southern history who played a pivotal role in the Civil War.

In the predawn hours of April 12, 1861, James Chesnut Jr. piloted a small skiff…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410218/Finding-Francis
Winner of the 2023 College Language Association Book Award

Finding Francis, finding family, freeing history

Francis is found. Beyond Francis, a family is found—in archival materi…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410217/South-Carolina-in-the-Civil-War-and-Reconstruction-Eras
A collection of important but little-known scholarship examining the Civil War and Reconstruction

South Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras is an anthology of the most end…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410162/Schooling-the-Movement
A fresh examination of teacher activism during the civil rights movement

Southern Black educators were central contributors and activists in the civil rights movement. They contributed…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410135/Monumental-Harm
A road map for addressing and resolving the debate surrounding Confederate monuments in the United States

In recent years, the debate over the future of Confederate monuments has taken…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410054/Writing-War-and-Reunion
A collection of newspaper editorials written by one of the South's premier literary figures of the nineteenth century

William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) was a novelist, poet, and essayis…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409771/Yes-Lord-I-Know-the-Road
The first comprehensive five-century chronicle of the South Carolina African American experience

Yes, Lord, I Know the Road is the first comprehensive history of African Americans in th…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409789/Shrill-Hurrahs
In Shrill Hurrahs, Kate Côté Gillin presents a new perspective on gender roles and racial violence in South Carolina during Reconstruction and the decades after the 1876 election of Wade Hampt…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409836/Notes-from-a-Colored-Girl
A rare glimpse into the thoughts and experiences of a free Black American young woman in the nineteenth century

In Notes from a Colored Girl, Karsonya Wise Whitehead examines the life a…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800