James Alex Baggett

{{Short description|American historian (born 1932)}}

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| name = James Alex Baggett

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|02|02}}

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| occupation = Historian,
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| notable_works = The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction

| spouse = Lillian Faulkner Baggett

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James Alex Baggett (born February 2, 1932{{cite web |title=Baggett, James Alex - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies {{!}} Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87121577.html |website=Library of Congress |access-date=9 July 2022}}) 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?1007915/JamesAlexBaggett|title=James Alex Baggett | C-SPAN.org|website=www.c-span.org}} He discussed the book at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. He has written several entries for the Texas State Historical Association's Handbook.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/about/people/james-alex-baggett|title=TSHA | James Alex Baggett|website=www.tshaonline.org}}

He is married to Lillian Faulkner Baggett, a fellow educator and author.{{Cite web|url=https://www.flaniganfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Lillian-Baggett-2/|title=Lillian Faulkner Baggett - View Obituary & Service Information|website=Lillian Faulkner Baggett Obituary}}

William Harris Bragg described his book on "Scalawags" as "detailed, balanced, and convincing."{{Cite journal |last=Bragg |first=William Harris |date=2006 |title=Review of The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40584898 |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |volume=90 |issue=1 |pages=144–146 |jstor=40584898 |issn=0016-8297}} Michael Perman called it groundbreaking.{{Cite journal|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/178613|title=The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction (review)|first=Michael|last=Perman|date=June 29, 2005|journal=Civil War History|volume=51|issue=1|pages=115–116|via=Project MUSE|doi=10.1353/cwh.2005.0014|s2cid=143936362 |url-access=subscription}} Union University holds an annual history research paper competition in his honor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uu.edu/dept/history/news/story.cfm?ID=607|title=History Students Win Prizes in Dr. James Alex Baggett History Research Paper Competition | News | Department of History | Union University, a Christian College in Tennessee|website=www.uu.edu}}