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Civil War Monitor’s Five Essential Books on Sherman’s March to the Sea

Civil War Monitor has been putting out lists of the best books on a variety of Civil War-related topics lately. Here is its list of…

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Controversy Over Delaware Confederate Flag Leads to Partial Boycott of Traditional Parade

Thursdays after Election Day are unique in Georgetown, Delaware close to the Maryland border on the Eastern Shore. It is the scene of the Return…

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Gallery of Photos of United States Colored Troops & Civil War Era African Americans On Display in Manhattan

The Kimmel Windows Gallery at New York University is opening a new exhibit; The Black Civil War Soldier on Oct. 13 and on view until…

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Video: Chris Mackowski of Emerging Civil War Talks About “The Myth of Grant’s Silence.”

In this video Chris Mackowski of Emerging Civil War, talks about “The Myth of Grant’s Silence.” The talk was videoed at Grant’s Cottage in the…

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Photo Tour of Civil War Monument & Union Graves in Nyack, NY

Nyack, New York is one of the most driven-through of the Hudson River villages in the Mid-Hudson Region. The western terminus of the new Mario…

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Black Resettlement and the American Civil War Wins Tom Watson Brown Award

Professor Sebastian Page of Oxford University has won the Tom Watson Brown Book Award for his new volume Black Resettlement and the American Civil War….

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Around the Web October 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

Welcome back to our survey of the best of social media on the Civil War and Reconstruction over the last month. There was a big…

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U.S. Grant: Strategy and Statesmanship Symposium October 15, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa.

The National Museum of the Civil War in Harrisburg is hosting a Symposium on Oct. 15, 2022 on U.S. Grant: Strategy and Statesmanship. The all-day…

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“Antifa” Terror Threats at Cedar Creek Battlefield Actually Came from Civil War Reenactor Says Cops

Civil War reenactor Gerald Leonard Drake was arrested this week for making threats against a Civil War reenactment at Cedar Creek Battlefield in Virginia in…

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418 Unmarked Graves of Danville, Virginia’s Freedpeople Have Now Been Located Using Ground-Penetrating Radar

Phase I of Danville, Virginia’s project looking for the burial locations of the city’s formerly enslaved African American population has been completed. Ground penetrating radar…

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