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Confederate Monument in Arlington National Cemetery to Be Removed-But What to Do With It?
One of the most controversial Confederate monuments is the massive one at Arlington National Cemetery outside of Washington D.C. For nearly a decade calls for…
A Third of the People Depicted in Art at the National Capitol in Washington are Enslavers
I have posted before about the Washington Post‘s study of slavery and the United States Capitol. Today the Post discusses the representation of slaveholders in…
NY Times Asks: Was Louisa May Alcott a Woman?
Peyton Thomas, the host of the Jo’s Boys Little Women Podcast, stirred up controversy on Christmas Eve when he argued in the New York Times…
David Blight Tries to Answer the Question of Whether the Civil War Was Inevitable
David Blight, the Yale historian who has been a leading interpreter of the Civil War Era for more than a quarter century, has an extended…
Washington Post Gives Background on “Whipped Peter” of New Film “Emancipation”
Today’s Washington Post gave some interesting background on the new Will Smith film Emancipation. The Washington Post movie reviewer gave the film a largely negative…
Civil War Books & Authors Names Best Book of 2022
The blog Civil War Books and Authors announced its 2022 Top Ten Books List this week. Here are the picks. Head over to the blog…
The Bestselling Civil War Books of 2022
The Civil War Monitor has published its annual Best Seller List of the top-selling books on the American Civil War Era according to NPD Bookscan….
Civil War Monitor Publishes Its “Best Civil War Books of 2022” List
Every year the respected history magazine Civil War Monitor publishes its “Best Civil War Books” of the Year list. You can read the whole list…
Holiday Candlelight Open House and Concert at Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site Near St. Louis, Mo.
A Holiday Candlelight Open House and Concert will be held at the Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site near St Louis on Sunday, December 18,…
‘Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War’ by Roger Lowenstein Named a “Best” Book by Washington Post
‘Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War,’ by Roger Lowenstein was named one of the Washington Post’s “best”…
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