Month: April 2023
Can We Call Harriet Beecher Stowe an Abolitionist?
I have visited the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe in Hartford and read Uncle Tom’s Cabin. I have even seen the stained glass likeness of…
What Was the Impact of Emancipation on the Children of Slaveowners?
Here is an economics report released as a Twitter Storm on the impact of Emancipation and Reconstruction on the children of the slaveholding elite in…
Recovering the Voices of Enslaved Women in Song
New songs from the days of slavery. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-these-four-banjo-playing-women-resurrected-songs-enslaved-180971926/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2fJ9UAkvs4cWJfRhUagwoC5akxF2iE5UMNth379x071fUdUKpvyKSU0hE
USCT Union Officer Buried in Arlington This Week
Union Army Maj. Isaac Hart was buried in Arlington National Cemetery earlier this week. His was the first new burial of a Civil War veteran…
Sgt. Henry Taylor Vicksburg Medal of Honor Winner Will Have Bust Dedicated April 29, 2023
On April 29 a new bust of Henry Taylor will be unveiled honoring the Medal of Honor awardee. Below is from Our Quad Cities: The…
Tennessee Senate Speaker Issued Proclamation Honoring Confederacy & “Black Confederates”
With a lot of attention being paid to Tennessee’s state legislature this month, it is interesting to look at an official proclamation issued by the…
Perrine’s Covered Bridge 19th Century Span Next to New York State Thruway
Whenever I drive north on the New York State Thruway I like to look to the right when I get past the suburbs because I…
Kentucky Civil War Refugee Camp Reborn and Reconstructed After Expulsions
The November 1864 expulsions of the wives and children of black soldiers from Camp Nelson in Kentucky had tragic consequences. Of the 400 or more…
Manchester New Hampshire Civil War Monument Restored
Manchester, New Hampshire’s well-known Civil War monument was restored over the last year and was unveiled on Thursday. Originally dedicated in 1879, the monument underwent…
Colfax Massacre Monument Finally Erected in Louisiana
The April 13, 1873 Colfax Massacre in Louisiana took the lives of between 60 and 150 African Americans. The Massacre was the most costly of…
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