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In 1867 the United States acquired Alaska from Russia. According to the United States Department of State: Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United…
Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue Was Shrouded in this 1905 Illustration
This cartoon, “Forrest Again in White Shroud,” was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar, April 30, 1905. The cartoon appeared right before the unveiling of the…
Thomas Nast Cartoon on the Threat to Black Suffrage from Confederates and Northern Democrats
Thomas Nast was America’s most powerful political cartoonist throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction. A strong supporter of the Republican Party during the 1860s, he…
Queens Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument
While Queens is sometimes described as “the least Civil War monumented borough,” there are several memorials in this part of New York City. One is…
Letter Promoting U.S. Grant to “General of the Armies” Finally Released to the Public
Many of you know that in 2022, during the Bicentennial of Ulysses S. Grant’s birth, many people got behind promoting Grant to the highest rank…
Charles Curie Bust in Paterson NJ
The Charles Curie Bust in Paterson, New Jersey’s Eastside Park is not a figure that many of us could identify, let along tie to the…
Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America by Michael Megelsh
Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America by Michael Megelsh published by Kent State University Press (2024) is an interesting biography…
Five Best Books of the Last Year on Reconstruction
October is National Book Book Month and here are some new volumes that have come out in the last year that really raise standards for…
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Toms River New Jersey
Toms River is the county seat of Ocean County, New Jersey. The county was only created a decade before the Civil War. The population had…
Waterloo Village New Jersey Canal Town During the Civil War
Waterloo Village State Historic Site is located in New Jersey’s Allamuchy Mountain State Park in Stanhope, N.J. It was the midway point on the 102…
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