Month: November 2022
National Park Service Awards Restoration Grants for Four Civil War Battle Sites
The National Park Service announced this week that it was awarding its first grants under the new Battlefield Restoration Grants program. Four sites were selected…
Lincoln, Grant, Buchanan & Johnson Silver Presidential Medals to be Issued by Mint in 2023
The United States Mint has announced that it will be issuing Silver Presidential Medals commemoration the Civil War and Reconstruction presidents in 2023. Here is…
New Historical Marker to Be Erected at Site of Georgia’s 1868 Camilla Massacre
The Georgia Historical Society just approved a new state historical marker on the site of the 1868 Camilla Massacre. According to the news coverage of…
International African American Museum Opening in Charleston in January, 2023
Charleston’s new International African American Museum (IAAM) is set to open on January 21, 2023. Smithsonian Magazine has a great feature on the new museum….
Stone Mountain Finally Moving Forward With Next Step in “Truth Telling” Exhibit (Maybe)
People have been following the supposed effort by the administrators of Stone Mountain in Georgia to create a “Truth Telling” exhibit about the park’s connection…
Trial Set for Civil War Reenactor Accused of Planting Cedar Creek Pipe Bomb
The discovery of a pipe bomb at a reenactment of the Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek in October 2017 was initially blamed on “Antifa,”…
New Rochelle Civil War Soldier’s Monument Photo Tour
My Photo Tour this week is of the Civil War Soldiers’ Monument in New Rochelle, New York in Westchester County along Long Island Sound. The…
Honey Springs Battlefield Visitor Center Grand Opening Today Nov. 5 in Oklahoma
Honey Springs was the largest Civil War battle fought in the State of Oklahoma and today its battlefield is getting a new visitor center. Today,…
Around the Web November 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
The last month was a good one for both blogging and podcasts. I particularly enjoyed the Civil War Talk Radio interview with Bryan Cheeseboro of…
“The election has resulted in the defeat of the Republicans…” Rutherford B. Hayes Tells His Diary
Rutherford B. Hayes concluded within days of Election Day on November 7, 1876 that he had been defeated by Democrat Samuel L. Tilden. He told…
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