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Confederate Catechism

The Confederate Catechism was written by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, the son of President John Tyler. Lyon Tyler was a prominent educator and a well-known critic…

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Sherman’s March Helped Bring a Georgia Family Together

When Major General William Tecumseh Sherman began his March to the Sea on November 15, 1864, many Georgians greeted the Union armies as deliverers from…

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Historian Elizabeth Varon on Replacing History With Myth at Appomattox

Elizabeth Varon is a noted Civil War historian at the University of Virginia. Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War…

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Outcry Against National Park for Altering the History of the Underground Railroad Succeeds!

The outcry against the National Park Service over its altering of the history of the Underground Railroad on its website has succeeded, at least for…

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New Yorker on President Trump’s Take on History

David Remnick the editor of the New Yorker, has written an article on President Donald Trump’s assault on American history. This article appeared in the…

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Federal Government Stops Payment on Grants to History, Arts, Sciences, and Other Museums and Sites

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced yesterday that previously awarded grants will no longer be fulfilled. These go to historic sites, libraries, museums…

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David Blight’s Response to Pres. Trump’s Executive Order on History and the Smithsonian

David Blight is a professor at Yale where he teaches Civil War and Reconstruction courses. He is the leading historian of the memory of the…

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Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Awarded to Edda L. Fields-Black for COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War,

This month the 2025 Lincoln Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Institute was awarded to Edda L. Fields-Black, author of COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River…

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National Park Service Plans to Fire Over 1,000 Staff

According to a memo leaked to the press on Friday, National Park Service leadership briefed park superintendents on Thursday that 1,000 park personnel will be…

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Civil War Talk Radio on Somewhere Toward Freedom: Shermans March and the Story of Americas Largest Emancipation

Gerry at Civil War Talk Radio has a thought provoking with Bennett Parten, the author of Somewhere Toward Freedom: Shermans March and the Story of…

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