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Charles Curie Bust in Paterson NJ

The Charles Curie Bust in Paterson, New Jersey’s Eastside Park is not a figure that many of us could identify, let along tie to the…

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In 1867 the United States acquired Alaska from Russia. According to the United States Department of State: Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United…

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Statue of Alexander Webb at City College of New York

The City College of New York (CCNY) is one of the most famous educational institutions in New York City. It was founded in 1847 and…

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Tom Watson Brown Award for Best Civil War Book Goes to “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War”

The Society of Civil War Historians announced that Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is the recipient of the 2025 Tom Watson Brown Book Award. Dr. Fields-Black…

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Damian Shiels on the Actual Irish During the Civil War-Not Just the Irish Brigade

Damian Shiels, the noted Irish scholar on the American Civil War, gave a lecture on May 8, 2025 at New York University  (NYU) in Manhattan….

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Melvin Memorial to Three Ordinary Soldiers Concord Massachusetts

Before the 250th Anniversary of the start of the Revolution, my wife and I visited Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. During my planning for the…

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Wiley-Silver Prize Awarded to Cecily Zander for The Army Under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era

Cecily Zander, an Assistant Professor of History at Texas Woman’s University, has won the Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book by a scholar on…

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National Park Service Sites That Are At Risk of Closing

The Trump administration has proposed a 38% cut in funding for the National Park Service (NPS). This would be a cut of more $1.2 Billion…

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Two Civil War Books Win Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and History

On May 5 the announcement came of Pulitzer Prizes. Two books largely dealing with the Civil War, won awards. The winner for Fiction was James…

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Federal Government Proposes 38% Cut in Funds to National Parks and Closing Some Down

The Trump administration has proposed a 38% cut in funding for the National Park Service (NPS). This would be a cut of more $1.2 Billion…

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