Daily Archives: July 29, 2026

Prospectus: A Draft-Format Discussion Game Built on Civil War Command Personnel

Posted on July 29, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. Purpose To determine whether the population of documented Civil War military and administrative figures can support a draft-and-roster game on the scale and cadence of a contemporary fantasy sports league, and to specify the positional structure that would make … Continue reading →

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The Commemorative Ledger and Its Missing Entries: Naming Practice, Postwar Reputation, and the Under-Memorialized Confederate Officer

Posted on July 29, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. The Problem The commemorative landscape of the postwar South — schools, counties, towns, highways, courthouses, camps, and eventually federal military installations — is usually studied through what it contains. Its containers are numerous and well catalogued. The Southern Poverty … Continue reading →

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Relief Without a Record: Lee’s April 8, 1865 Removals of Anderson, Pickett, and Johnson, and the Problem of Recovering Graded Judgment

Posted on July 29, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. The Question On or about April 8, 1865, one day before the surrender at Appomattox Court House, Robert E. Lee removed three general officers from command in the Army of Northern Virginia: Lieutenant General Richard Heron Anderson, commanding the … Continue reading →

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