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Grant Bicentennial Birthday Party Draws Three Hundred in Saratoga NY

More than 300 guests gathered on October 16 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs to celebrate the 200th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant….

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“Slave Bible” on Display in Netherlands: Rewritten to Eliminate Freedom as a Virtue

A Bible used by British missionaries preaching to enslaved people in the Americas is now on display in Utrecht in the Netherlands. The 1807 Bible…

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New Podcast Tells the Story of Grant’s Vice President Radical Republican Henry Wilson

A new podcast called Henry Wilson and the Civil War is out focusing on Ulysses S. Grant’s Vice President Henry Wilson. The Massachusetts politician was…

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Smithsonian Increasing Focus on Research Into Slavery in America and Worldwide

I first visited the Smithsonian around 1971 with my class from St. Brigid’s Elementary School in Westbury, New York. I loved it because I loved…

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Commemoration of John Brown’s Raid to be Held at Harpers Ferry Oct. 15 & 16, 2022

One of the most important blows against slavery before the Civil War was John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry. A commemoration will be held there…

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Community Meets to Discuss New Civil War & Reconstruction Museum in North Carolina

The Fayetteville Observer reports on a community meeting Tuesday on the new North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction. The museum…

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Civil War Monitor’s Five Essential Books on Sherman’s March to the Sea

Civil War Monitor has been putting out lists of the best books on a variety of Civil War-related topics lately. Here is its list of…

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Video: Chris Mackowski of Emerging Civil War Talks About “The Myth of Grant’s Silence.”

In this video Chris Mackowski of Emerging Civil War, talks about “The Myth of Grant’s Silence.” The talk was videoed at Grant’s Cottage in the…

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U.S. Grant: Strategy and Statesmanship Symposium October 15, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa.

The National Museum of the Civil War in Harrisburg is hosting a Symposium on Oct. 15, 2022 on U.S. Grant: Strategy and Statesmanship. The all-day…

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418 Unmarked Graves of Danville, Virginia’s Freedpeople Have Now Been Located Using Ground-Penetrating Radar

Phase I of Danville, Virginia’s project looking for the burial locations of the city’s formerly enslaved African American population has been completed. Ground penetrating radar…

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