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Grant Home Burlington, NJ Where Grant Found Out Lincoln Was Assassinated

I had always heard that Ulysses S. Grant was invited to accompany Abraham Lincoln to Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 to see the play…

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Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region by Kate Masur and Elizabeth Clarke

Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region by Kate Masur and Elizabeth Clarke published by University of North…

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Posted in African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction

NY Times on Why Showboat Is Such an Enduring Musical of American History

Joshua Barone is the assistant classical music and dance editor of the New York Times. He has written a note on why Showboat is both…

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Posted in Civil War Monuments Places to Visit

Princeton University Civil War Memorial Atrium

Princeton University, one of the elite Ivy League schools, is in the North East in New Jersey. There is a monument on campus memorializing alums…

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Union Brigadier General Randolph B. Marcy Grave in Trenton

In November of 2024 I photographed George McClellan’s grave at Riverview Cemetery in Trenton, N.J. While there, I found out that another Civil War general…

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Jimmy Carter and His Civil War Reading

Well-known historian Douglas Brinkley was writing a biography of Jimmy Carter in 1993 and he met with the former president. He asked him what were…

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George McClellan’s Grave Trenton New Jersey

George McClellan may not have many fans among Civil War buffs, but in Trenton, New Jersey he was a hero, at least during his life….

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New Marker Unveiled on the Plymouth Massacre in North Carolina

On December 13, a new marker was unveiled on Route 64 in Plymouth, North Carolina to mark where Confederate troops massacred African Americans. The Civil…

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Civil War Talk Radio Interviews Michael J. Megelsh on Adelbert Ames

Civil War Talk Radio had an interesting interview recently with Michael Megelish on his new book on Union General Adelbert Ames. Ames was the son-in-law…

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Posted in Lincoln Monuments Places to Visit

Look at the New Museum Being Built Under the Lincoln Memorial

In 2023, the National Park Service began construction under the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to transform the space beneath Lincoln’s statue into a museum. We…

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