Tag: Randall Lee Gibson

  • A Black Confederate General That We Can All Embrace? Civil War Memory: Reflections of a High School History Teacher & Civil War Historian 2011-03-17 Kevin M. Levin, Instructor of American History Gann Academy, Waltham, Massachusetts I trust that after this post no one will accuse me of dismissing any and all evidence for the existence…

  • Black or White? The New York Times 2011-05-14 Daniel J. Sharfstein, Professor of Law Vanderbilt University Daniel J. Sharfstein is the author of “The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White.” In February 1861, just weeks after Louisiana seceded from the Union, Randall Lee Gibson enlisted as a private…