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WashPo Reviews Erik Larson’s “The Demon of Unrest” About the Firing on Ft Sumter
The Washington Post reviews Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil…
The Original Monument to the First Bull Run
Now that the Spring has sprung, I am going to take you to some monuments away from the cities. I went to a conference at…
New York State Awards $500,000 to Develop Underground Railroad Corridor
New York State has announced that it is giving out a grant to the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State to start developing a…
Second Bull Run’s Oldest Monument
People viewing this week’s monument might think they recognize it as the First Bull Run monument, but they would be wrong. This is the Second…
A Union Soldier Recounts His First Passover in the Army Under Rutherford B. Hayes
Joseph A. Joel, a Jewish Union soldier, recounted his Civil War celebration of Passover in “The Jewish Messenger“ in April 1866. I saw this referred…
John Hennessy on the Impact of the Second Bull Run Campaign on Emancipation & Black Freedom
On April 20, I attended the University of Virginia Signature Conference on the Second Bull Run in Charlottesville, Virginia. I have already posted on Gary…
How Did the Second Bull Run Change Confederate Views of the Civil War According to Gary Gallagher
This weekend I went down to Charlottesville, Virginia from my Long Island home to hear some nationally recognized experts talk about the Second Bull Run,…
“The Lost Cause” As Part of Early Confederate Iconography & Counter-Iconography
In 2023, the Department of Defense removed the Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery. Inscribed on the monument are the words “Vitrix causa diis placuit…
Abraham Lincoln Statue at New-York Historical Society
One of the most photographed statues of Abraham Lincoln is the recently erected Lincoln at the New York Historical Society. While it is frequently photographed…
Podcast on Attempt to Create an Underground Railroad Video Game in 1993
The podcast Decoder Ring has an interesting and troubling story about the attempt to create a video game about the Underground Railroad. This was not…
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