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WashPo Reviews Erik Larson’s “The Demon of Unrest” About the Firing on Ft Sumter
The Washington Post reviews Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil…
New York State Awards $500,000 to Develop Underground Railroad Corridor
New York State has announced that it is giving out a grant to the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State to start developing a…
Second Bull Run’s Oldest Monument
People viewing this week’s monument might think they recognize it as the First Bull Run monument, but they would be wrong. This is the Second…
A Union Soldier Recounts His First Passover in the Army Under Rutherford B. Hayes
Joseph A. Joel, a Jewish Union soldier, recounted his Civil War celebration of Passover in “The Jewish Messenger“ in April 1866. I saw this referred…
Podcast on Attempt to Create an Underground Railroad Video Game in 1993
The podcast Decoder Ring has an interesting and troubling story about the attempt to create a video game about the Underground Railroad. This was not…
NY Times on Why Lincoln’s Assassination Has Been So Rarely Reenacted at Ford’s Theater
Rebecca Ritzel has a new article in the New York Times on why movies don’t show Lincoln’s Assassination filmed in Ford’s Theater. Are are some…
Frederick Douglass Statue at New-York Historical Society
Frederick Douglass stands at the top of a stair leading into the New-York Historical Society. The statue was installed in 2011 just as the United…
Historian David Blight Will Offer Free Series of Lectures on Slavery at Yale Open to Public
The Yale News announced that noted historian David Blight will give a free series of lectures on slavery. Here is the announcement: David W. Blight,…
Reconstruction Era Comstock Act Raised in Supreme Court in 2024
The Comstock Act was raised in the Supreme Court in March of 2024. When I was a kid, parents would always warn you that forms…
NY Times Reviews Two New Books on the Civil War and Reconstruction by Manisha Sinha & Matt Stewart
The New York Times has a review written by S.C. Gwynne of two new books on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Here are substantial excerpts…
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