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Graves Found in Williamsburg, Va. Believed to Be Civil War Soldiers
Graves found near the site of Colonial Williamsburg are believed to have been dead from the Battle of Williamsburg, fought in 1862. The Washington Post…
New Civil War Historical Marker of 1862 Passover By Union Troops in Fayetteville, WV Unveiling April 3
Civil War Trails has announced that its first trail marker on Jews during the Civil War will be unveiled on April 3 in Fayetteville, West…
Kermit Roosevelt Says That March 2 Is Birthday of Modern America Because It Is When Reconstruction Act Became Law
Kermit Roosevelt III, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote that March 2 is the birthday of modern America. Here is why, according to…
Guardian Reports on Richmond’s Confederate Statue Graveyard and What Will Happen Next
The Guardian recently visited the secret location where Richmond’s dismantled Confederate statues are being stored. Here are substantial segments from its report: Richmond, Virginia, removed…
Camilla Massacre Marker Finally Goes Up in Albany, Georgia
The September 19, 1868 Camilla Massacre was one of the bloodiest in Reconstruction Georgia. Freedpeople marching in a political demonstration were attacked by whites near…
National Park Service Protects 272 Additional Acres at Chancellorsville, Antietam, Reams Station, and Chickasaw Bayou Battlefields
On Friday, the National Park Service announced grants to protect 272 acres at three Civil War battlefields. Here is the NPS announcement: The National Park…
Lincoln and the Effort to Send Freed Slaves to an Island Off of Haiti
The Washington Post has an article this weekend on a disturbing effort to transplant freed slaves to an island off of Haiti and Lincoln’s involvement….
Marker Placed at Balls Bluff Where First Black Man to Fire on Confederates Fought
The Washington Post reports that on Saturday a new historical marker was placed at the site of the Battle of Balls Bluff alongside the Potomac…
Henry Louis Gates in NY Times on the Current Attack on Black History and Mildred Rutherford of the UDC
Historian Henry Louis Gates has a prominent article in the New York Times on the current attacks on the teaching of Black history. Here are…
The King Cake of Mardi Gras Season and Reconstruction in New Orleans
Many Mardi Gras Season dinners often include a King Cake. The cake has a little plastic baby baked into it. The person getting the baby…
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