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The South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials

The proceedings of the South Carolina Klan Trials can be found here: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t7xk8kw15&view=1up&seq=1   p. 478 is Foster testimony about assassinations

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African Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg Texas

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Rally at Gettysburg to Support the National Parks on June 16 at 4PM

A large number of us will hold a rally at Gettysburg in support of the National Park Service, the Rangers, and the staff of the…

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Terry’s Texas Rangers Monument in Austin, Texas

In the early days of my career as a lawyer, I used to travel to Austin, Texas quite regularly in my professional capacity. However, I…

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I Am Interviewed by Home Brew History on Reconstruction, the Black Codes and Even More

I was interviewed by Home Brew History on the Reconstruction Era, the Black Codes, and the Ku Klux Klan. You can watch the interview below:…

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Memorial Day 1870 in New York City

Memorial Day, also called “Decoration Day,” was celebrated throughout the North on May 30, 1870. Just five years after the Civil War the day was,…

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National Park Visitors Asked to Report Rangers for Making Negative Comments on U.S. History

This week visitors to the National Park Service’s parks around the country began seeing signs going up telling them to report any derogation of the…

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Posted in Civil War Immigrants

German Monument Comfort Texas: One of the First Civil War Monuments in Texas

Back in the 1980s I was traveling from Austin to the border with Mexico when I came upon the 1866 Civil War monument in Comfort,…

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Statue of Alexander Webb at City College of New York

The City College of New York (CCNY) is one of the most famous educational institutions in New York City. It was founded in 1847 and…

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Posted in Abolitionists African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction Book Reviews Civil War

Tom Watson Brown Award for Best Civil War Book Goes to “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War”

The Society of Civil War Historians announced that Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is the recipient of the 2025 Tom Watson Brown Book Award. Dr. Fields-Black…

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