Month: July 2023
General George Thomas Grave in Troy, NY
I recently travelled to Troy, New York to visit the city’s Historic Oakwood Cemetery. The graveyard is best known where Uncle Sam’s grave is, but…
Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn
Note: This site is presently closed for restoration until 2024. I will give a report on the current state of repair in a future post….
Poll Finds Americans Want Their Students to Learn More About the Civil War and Know More on Reconstruction (Poll Part IV)
This is the fourth and final installment in my series looking at the YouGov survey just released on Americans attitudes towards the Civil War and Reconstruction. The first…
Poll Shows Who Americans Regard As Favorite Personality of the Civil War Era (Part III)
This is the third in my series at looking at the YouGov survey just released on Americans attitudes towards the Civil War and Reconstruction. The…
Poll Looks at Who Was Responsible for the Civil War (Part II)
This is the second article on a new YouGov poll of a thousand Americans on the Civil War and Reconstruction. The first article looked at…
New Poll Examines How Americans Look at Civil War
A new YouGov poll looked at how Americans thought about slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. With renewed controversy about American history, the poll shows…
Myths of the Gettysburg Campaign Explained by Tim Smith
Tim Smith of the Adams County Historical Society in Gettysburg is an expert on the battle. This short video helps explain how certain myths have…
Around the Web July 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
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Walt Whitman Birthplace Huntington in Huntington, N.Y.
Walt Whitman’s Civil War poetry is among the literary heritage of the conflict. His work as a nurse in New York and in army hospitals…
Exhibit on Frederick Douglass Opened in Washington’s National Portrait Galley
A new exhibit on Frederick Douglass has opened at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Galley in Washington. It will be open until April 21, 2024. Here…
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