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American historian (born 1932)

James Alex Baggett
Born (1932-02-02) February 2, 1932 (age 92)
Occupation(s)Historian,
Author
Notable workThe Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction
SpouseLillian Faulkner Baggett

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

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

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

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

Work

  • The rise and fall of the Texas radicals, 1867-1883
  • 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)

Articles

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

References

  1. "Baggett, James Alex - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  2. "James Alex Baggett | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
  3. "TSHA | James Alex Baggett". www.tshaonline.org.
  4. "Lillian Faulkner Baggett - View Obituary & Service Information". Lillian Faulkner Baggett Obituary.
  5. Bragg, William Harris (2006). "Review of The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 90 (1): 144–146. ISSN 0016-8297. JSTOR 40584898.
  6. Perman, Michael (June 29, 2005). "The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction (review)". Civil War History. 51 (1): 115–116. doi:10.1353/cwh.2005.0014. S2CID 143936362 – via Project MUSE.
  7. "History Students Win Prizes in Dr. James Alex Baggett History Research Paper Competition | News | Department of History | Union University, a Christian College in Tennessee". www.uu.edu.
  8. "James Alex Baggett". id.oclc.org.
  9. "Rubin on Baggett, 'The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction' | H-NC | H-Net". networks.h-net.org.
  10. Joe P. Dunn (2003). "Book review". The South Carolina Historical Magazine. Vol. 104, no. 4. pp. 281–283. JSTOR 27570654.

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