Posted in Civil War Podcast Podcasts

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…

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Posted in Civil War Places to Visit

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…

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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…

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Posted in Places to Visit U.S. Grant

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…

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Posted in Civil War Places to Visit USCT

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…

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Posted in Memory of Reconstruction

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…

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Posted in Civil War Slavery White Supremacy White Supremacy Apologetics

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…

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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…

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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…

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Posted in Education Memory of Reconstruction

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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