Month: October 2023
New Windsor Cemetery Where “Orange Blossom” War Dead Lie
Many of the cemeteries I have visited are well-kept, heavily landscaped, with monumental monuments to then-famous men. This year I happened upon an all-but abandoned…
Four New Sites Added to Reconstruction Era National Historic Network
Last month the National Park Service issued this announcement of four new sites added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network: BEAUFORT, SC- The National…
In 1868 Irish Immigration Was Down and German Immigration Was Up in Ohio
This report gives numbers on immigrants passing through and settling in Ohio in 1868. A few interesting notes: 1. The number of Irish was down…
New Exhibit on African American Portraits Before Emancipation at Yale University Art Gallery
Artist Mickalene Thomas has put together an intriguing exhibit a the Yale University Art Gallery of portraits of African Americans in the pre-Emancipation period of…
Historiocrats
Jeff Burns Pat Young writes The Reconstruction Era Blog and The Immigrants’ Civil War. He is Special Professor of Immigration Law at Hofstra Law School…
Broadway Civil War Monument New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is best known as the location of Yale University and one of its best known Civil War monuments is only a few blocks…
Rachel Powell, Leader of Gettysburg Occupation, Gets Nearly Five Years in Jail
Rachel Powell, who was a leader in the far-right occupation of Gettysburg on July 4, 2020, has been sentenced to nearly five years in jail…
New Opera in Houston Focuses on the Van Lew/Bowser Spy Ring in Richmond During Civil War
The Houston Grand Opera is opening a brand new work of opera on the spy ring in Richmond during the Civil War led by Elizabeth…
NY Times Reviews Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M. Bordewich
Jennifer Szalai did a review in the New York Times of Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M….
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