Month: August 2024
Abraham Lincoln Statue at Gettysburg Visitors Center
You would expect Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg and I am sure many readers recall seeing Lincoln downtown in this Civil War city. That statue, which…
The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864 by David Powell
The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864 by David Powell published by Savas Beatie (2024) When I saw that military historian Dave…
Gettysburg Cyclorama
In June I visited the Gettysburg Cyclorama. The Cyclorama is a gigantic round painting of “Pickett’s Charge” in which the audience stands in the middle…
Gettysburg National Military Park Museum
Most Civil War students who live in the Eastern United States will have visited the museum at the Gettysburg National Military Park at some point…
Grant and Sheridan at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland
Usually I am bringing you sites of the Civil War and Reconstruction from within the 50 States, but this week I am in Ireland. There…
NY Times Columnist Calls for a Civil War Movie that Tells the Truth
Last week Jamelle Bouie wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times in which he calls for a truthful movie about the Civil War….
Cornwall New York Civil War Monument
Cornwall-on-Hudson is a small river village with just over three thousand people in Orange County below Newburgh. It is an affluent community with many buildings…
Emerging Civil War Honors Patrick Young with Stevenson Award
Last Friday I was honored by the non-profit Emerging Civil War organization for my work researching and writing about the Reconstruction Era. Here is 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…
Chatham Manor at Fredericksburg National Military Park
I have been to the Fredericksburg National Military Park at least half-a-dozen times over the years, but I only went to the Chatham Manor across…
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