Month: February 2026
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy by Elizabeth Varon
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy by Elizabeth Varon published by…
Video: George Templeton Strong’s Civil War Diaries Have Just Been Published-An Editor’s Discussion
If you ever watched Ken Burn’s masterful, if flawed, documentary Civil War you no doubt remember the many quotes from George Templeton Strong voiced by…
Atlanta History Center to Open New Exhibit on the Civil War Era
In July of 2026 the Atlanta History Center will open a new exhibit on the causes of the Civil War, the war itself, and Reconstruction….
Appeals Court Allows National Park Service to Halt Replacing Slavery Panels on President’s House in Philly
Last week a Federal District Court Judge told the National Park Service (NPS) to restore historical panels that explained George Washington’s relation to slavery a…
Slavery Exhibit Restored at President’s House at Independence Park in Philadelphia
With a court-imposed deadline of Friday, Feb. 19 to restore dismantled exhibits on slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia, the National Park Service has…
Merchant’s House in Manhattan Has a Recently Discovered Passage for the Underground Railroad
Merchant’s house in New York City has recently uncovered a hidden passageway that historians say was used by the owners to hide slaves on the…
Reconstruction Law Overturns Virginia’s Prohibition on Felons Voting
A court in Virginia ruled that current Virginia law banning felons from voting after they are released from jail violates Reconstruction laws. According to the…
Drew Gilpin Faust Reviews Fitzhugh Brundage’s Book “A Fate Worse Than Hell, American Prisoners of the Civil War”
Drew Gilpin Faust has a new review in the Atlantic Magazine of W. Fitzhugh Brundage’s new book titled A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners…
Civil War Memorial Vineland NJ
Vineland, New Jersey was founded in the midst of the Civil War in 1861. Charles Landis, a Utopian, started it as a planned community. He…
Judge Orders National Park Service to Put Up Signage on Slavery at the President’s House in Philly that Was Removed by Executive Order
A Federal Judge issued an order to the Trump administration to restore panels taken down at the President’s House in Philadelphia that describe George Washington’s…