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Michael Vorenberg Wins Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History for His Book, “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War”
The University of Virginia announced this week that Professor Michael Vorenberg of Brown University has won the 2026 John L. Nau III Book Prize in…
Alabama Speaker of the House Looks at Overturning the 14th Amendment Passed During Reconstruction
I was looking at Kevin Levin’s site Civil War Memory yesterday and an article popped up in which the Speaker of the Alabama House was…
Garden of Heroes Tied to Civil War and Reconstruction
Last year, Donald Trump issued an authorization of a 2021 Executive Order commanding that a Garden of Heroes in Washington for the 250th Anniversary of…
Video: The Massacre of U.S. Colored Troops at Camp Nelson in Kentucky
PBS recently did a documentary of United States Colored Troops and Black refugees that sought refuge at the Union’s Camp Nelson in Kentucky in 1864…
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore Wins Pulitzer for History
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution, by Jill Lepore (Liveright) has won the Pulitzer Prize for History. About a third of the…
Close Look at the Court’s Opinion that Slavery Panels Be Put Back Up at President’s House in Philly
Note: This page is under construction and should be finished May 15, 2026 On February 16, 2026 a Federal Court issued and order telling the…
Wilmington Delaware Soldiers And Sailors Monument
Wilmington is a small city in the north of Delaware. At the time of the Civil War, there were more than 21,000 people living there….
Congaree National Park May Have to Redact Three Items of Printed Material on Slavery
Congaree National Park in South Carolina is eighteen miles southeast of the state’s capital of Columbia. The park gets fewer than 150,000 visitors every year…
Monument to the Immigrants Who Died in Long Island Shipwreck
Many of us have swum off Nassau Beach at Nickerson County Park in Long Beach. If you had been there in the second and third…
Wayne County New York Civil War Memorial To Be Dedicated on August 22, 2026
The Wayne County Historical Society in Wayne County New York has announce that a new Civil War monument will be unveiled this summer at the…