Glenn David Brasher

Glenn David Brasher is a history instructor at the University of Alabama. His book, The Peninsula Campaign & the Necessity of Emancipation (UNC Press, 2012) won the 2013 Wiley Silver Award from the Center for Civil War Research at the University of Mississippi. Follow him on Twitter @GlennBrasher

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SILENCING THE PAST

Shutdown Means History Is on Hold at National Parks

Explaining the historical import of National Park Service sites is more calling than career for most of the people who do it, but the shutdown has played hell with that dream.

Glenn David Brasher

Robert E. Lee Was More Simon Legree According to his Slaves

LIES

The Myth of Robert E. Lee And The "Good" Slave Owner

According to the Lost Cause mythology ginned up after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee was a benevolent slave owner who really fought for states’ rights. His slaves said otherwise.

Glenn David Brasher