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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…
Lincoln’s Handwritten Copy of the Preliminary Emancipation on Display at NY State Museum in Albany Until March 3, 2024
I went to the New York State Museum in Albany today. I had heard that the museum was displaying its copy of the Preliminary Emancipation…
Frederick Douglass Essay on Reconstruction
Frederick Douglass set forth his hopes for Reconstruction at the end of the first year of the post-war era in a December, 1866 article in…
Which Civil War/Reconstruction Presidents Rate Highest According to Historians?
The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey has published the results of its most recent survey conducted at the end of 2023. The survey began…
Long Island Black Civil War Soldier to Have Marker Placed Near His Oyster Bay House
Long Island’s Town of Oyster Bay will unveil an historical marker on Carll Hill Road telling the story behind the naming of the road. David…
Robert Smalls, Heroic Escaped Slave, Learned to Read & Told His Opinions
A new article in the Smithsonian Magazine offers some insights into Robert Smalls from his teacher in South Carolina. In 1862, Smalls, and enslaved pilot,…
Gerry Prokopowicz has author Matthew Christopher Hulbert on to Discuss His New Book “Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War”
Gerry Prokopowicz has author Matthew Christopher Hulbert on to discuss his new book “Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War”….
Nikki Haley Says Texas Has the Right to Secede from the United States
Nikki Haley continued her effort to keep interest in the Civil War by taking the side of the Confederates again today. She told a radio…
Gerry Prokopowicz Has Elizabeth Varon to Discuss “Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South” on His Podcast
Gerry Prokopowicz has Elizabeth Varon to discuss her new book Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South. Because Longstreet, one of Robert E. Lee’s most accomplished…
N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction Plans Exhibit on Wilmington Massacre
North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction has announced that it plans an immersive exhibit on the 1898 Wilmington Massacre. The…
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