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New Monument Dedicated in Chattanooga to the United States Colored Troops

On Dec. 4 a new monument to the United States Colored Troops (USCT) was dedicated at Chattanooga National Cemetery. The 44th U.S.C.T. was recruited in…

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Beaufort in South Carolina Announces New Program to Mark Reconstruction Era Sites

Beaufort, South Carolina will use $350,000 of Federal money for signage to mark sites connected to the county’s Reconstruction Era history. Beaufort is the home…

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Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America Edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney

Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America Edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney published by University of Georgia Press (2021)….

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The Civil War Monitor Names Its Best Civil War Books of 2021

The Civil War Monitor magazine has published its list of the best books on 2021 on the Civil War Era. Most such lists consist of…

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The Bestselling Books on the Civil War Era in 2021

The Civil War Monitor has published the list of the Civil War Bestsellers of 2021 based on data from Bookscan. If you have read any…

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Around the Web December 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

November was a great month for Civil War social media. Civil War Talk Radio, in particular, had one of its best months since I began…

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What Do We Call the Period Before Reconstruction?

I was reading an article in the Springfield News Leader, a paper in Missouri, on a local politician’s crack-down on “Critical Race Theory.” It was…

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