Month: January 2023
Mass German Immigration Lead to a Post-War Lutheran Boom January 1869
Immigration revived strongly after the end of the Civil War, with the largest group of immigrants shifting from Irish to Germans. The increased immigration brought…
Horace Greeley Monument NY City Hall Photo Tour
Note: This page is under construction. The Horace Greeley Monument in New York City’s City Hall Park, was originally dedicated on September 20, 1890 directly…
When a “Slave Owner” Sought the Help of the Union Army in Re-Enslaving Black People
One experience that many Union soldiers had for the first time in their lives when they were marching through the Confederacy was was encountering enslaved…
Penn State Holding Virtual Frederick Douglass Project Feb. 8 Free
Penn State and The Theater of War will be offering the virtual Frederick Douglass Project for free on February 8. Anyone may register here. According…
Pres. of Grant Library Argues for Grant Promotion to General of the Armies
Anne Marshall, Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Associate Professor of History at Mississippi State University, wrote an essay recently arguing…
LA Times Review: I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams
The Los Angeles Times reviewed I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams published…
Florida Bans African American Studies AP Course from Its Public Schools
The State of Florida has barred the teaching of the new Advanced Placement African American studies course in the state’s public schools. According to the…
Jefferson Davis Explains Why Mississippi Seceded from the United States in His Farewell Address to the Senate
On January 21, 1861, Mississippi Senator Jeff Davis gave his speech resigning from the United States Senate. The entire speech can be read here, beginning…
Philip Sheridan Equestrian Statue Albany Photo Tour
When I arrived at the New York State Capitol in Albany in January I was surprised that what I have seen right in front of…
Dying in the Last Months of the Civil War a Confederate Former Senator Conceals His Grave from Sherman
On November 13, 1864 Senator Hammond died at the age of fifty six years old. Hammond was lionized in Secessionist circles in the South for…
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