James Alex Baggett

James Alex Baggett (born February 2, 1932[1]) is an American historian, author, and former university dean. He worked at Union University and wrote a book about it.

James Alex Baggett
Born (1932-02-02) February 2, 1932
Occupation(s)Historian,
Author
Notable workThe Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction
SpouseLillian Faulkner Baggett

In 2003 his talk on his book about "Scalawags" was aired on C-Span.[2] He discussed the book at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. He has written several entries for the Texas State Historical Association's Handbook.[3]

He is married to Lillian Faulkner Baggett, a fellow educator and author.[4]

William Harris Bragg described his book on "Scalawags" as "detailed, balanced, and convincing."[5] Michael Perman called it groundbreaking.[6] Union University holds an annual history research paper competition in his honor.[7]

Work

  • The rise and fall of the Texas radicals, 1867-1883[8]
  • Bemis: Continuity and Change in a West Tennessee Cotton Mill Town (1992)
  • Memories of Madison County (1993)
  • So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: Union University, 1823-2000
  • Homegrown Yankees: Tennessee's Union Cavalry in the Civil War
  • The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction LSU Press (2004)[9][10]

Articles

  • "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 82 (January 1979)

References

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