Month: October 2024
The South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials
The proceedings of the South Carolina Klan Trials can be found here: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t7xk8kw15&view=1up&seq=1 p. 478 is Foster testimony about assassinations
Port Jervis NY Civil War Monument, Stephen Crane & a Lynching
Port Jervis is a small city where New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey meet. The city has 8,775 residents according to the 2020, down by…
Waterloo Village New Jersey Canal Town During the Civil War
Waterloo Village State Historic Site is located in New Jersey’s Allamuchy Mountain State Park in Stanhope, N.J. It was the midway point on the 102…
Rutherford B. Hayes Represented Escaped Slaves, Civil War General, and President
President Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 2, 1822. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, succeeded Ulysses S. Grant in office. Born…
Milford Pennsylvania Monument on Pike County Courthouse
Milford, Pennsylvania is the county seat of Pike County. This is a very small borough located on the Delaware River across from New Jersey. The…
Gettysburg Cyclorama Explained by Chris Brenneman on Addressing Gettysburg
Chris Brenneman gives a very good explanation of the Gettysburg Cyclorama, a 19th Century paining-in-the-round that depicts “Pickett’s Charge” during the Battle of Gettysburg. Matt…
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