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Podcast: Jill Ogline Titus, on Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in Americas Most Famous Small Town
Gerry Prokopowicz of Civil War Talk Radio has a fascinating interview with Jill Ogline Titus, author of Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and…
Enslaved Man Archer Alexander to Be Honored in St. Charles, Missouri Sept. 24, 2022 for Saving Lives of Union Soldiers
On Saturday September 24, 2022, a Black Civil War hero, Archer Alexander will be honored for his role in saving men that the Confederates tried…
Maine Civil War Veteran Credited With Introducing Baseball to Japan in 1872
The above photo shows Horace Wilson standing at right. Horace Wilson was a young man fresh out of the equivalent of high school when he…
Program on Grant Cottage-A Story of Family Devotion at Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site Near St. Louis
The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site near St. Louis, Missouri is holding a program on the Grant Cottage, where the former president completed his…
Exhibit of Paintings of United States Colored Troops Opens in Lexington Park Md.
I received this press release of a new exhibit that people near Lexington Park, Maryland may want to visit. The U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Interpretive…
Planned Fayetteville Museum of Civil War and Reconstruction Hearing at Fayetteville City Council
The City of Fayetteville has played a big role in getting a planned museum on the Civil War and Reconstruction underway. The new museum was…
Stone Mountain Still a Lost Cause Shrine
In the Spring of 2021, the state agency managing Stone Mountain in Georgia promised to begin altering the Lost Cause presentation of the Civil War…
Video: The Port Royal Experiment Talk by Ranger Chris Barr on How Coastal Carolina Was an Experiment in Black Freedom
Chris Barr is back with a new short video on the “Port Royal Experiment.” This is how Beaufort, South Carolina and the nearby islands were…
Video: Ranger Chris Barr Explains the Reconstruction Era in Beaufort, South Carolina and When Stuff Happened
National Park Ranger Chris Barr is very well-respected among Civil War and Reconstruction Era students. Last month Reconstruction Era National Park began releasing short videos…
Eric Foner in NYRB Reviews New Book on How Race and Reconstruction Have Been Taught
The New York Review of Books has a review by Eric Foner of Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National…
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