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Wall Street Journal Reviews “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction” by Fergus M. Bordewich

Today, the Wall Street Journal has a review by Roger Lowenstein the new book Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction…

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Posted in Civil War Monuments Places to Visit USCT

Monument to 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment in New Haven

After the 1960s, very few Civil War monuments were erected, however several were unveiled honoring African American participants in the last thirty years. Monuments to…

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Robert Gould Shaw’s “Grave” on Staten Island & Gen. Francis Barlow’s Wife’s Resting Place

Robert Gould Shaw (born October 10, 1837) was one of the  most famous colonels of the Civil War. The subject of the movie “Glory,” Shaw…

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