Month: January 2026
Soldiers and Sailors Monument Atlantic City NJ
When you arrive by bus from New York and Baltimore to go to the casinos you may see what looks like a monument in the…
Site of Grand Army of the Republic Encampment Atlantic City
Atlantic City now is known as a place of gambling, Casinos line the boardwalk, with buses arriving from all over the Mid-Atlantic region. Before that…
Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform by Anne E. Marshall
Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform by Anne E. Marshall published by University of North Carolina…
Louisiana Opening Up Exhibit on Reconstruction in Baton Rouge
A new exhibition is opening up at the Old State Capitol in Louisiana called “A More Perfect Union”. The subject is Reconstruction. Mary Durusau, the …
Recruiting the Irish Brigade, Creating the Irish American
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Defeat at Bull Run had left the Union war plan in tatters. Lincoln had assumed that the Confederate rebellion could be suppressed…
Panels Explaining Washington’s Involvement With Slavery at Independence National Park Are Removed
Yesterday, three National Park employees took down panels explaining George Washington’s involvement with slavery. The signs were placed around George Washington’s home in Philadelphia where…
Harriet Tubman Statue Binghamton NY
Harriet Tubman has long been a hero to Upstate New Yorkers. She lived for more than half of her life in Auburn, New York in…
Thomas Meagher: The Irish Rebel Joins the Union Army
Originally published on May 17, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Thomas Francis Meagher was to found the Irish Brigade, one…
Thomas Meagher: The Man Who Created the Irish Brigade
Originally published May 10, 2012 in the Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger In 1862, the Irish Brigade would become one of the most famous…
Veteran Graves Bridgeton New Jersey
As I was exploring Southern New Jersey, I happened upon a layout in an old cemetery that indicated that Civil War veterans were buried there….