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Kent Masterson Brown Wins Emerging Civil War Book Award for “Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command”.
Kent Masterson Brown has won the Emerging Civil War Book Award for his new volume Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command. According to the…
August 8th Celebrated in Tennessee as Day of Liberation of Slaves
Today was celebrated in Tennessee as the beginning of the end of slavery in the state. While Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in…
Grant Bicentennial Commemoration August 13 & 14 in Quincy, Illinois
The Grant Bicentennial will be marked on Saturday, Aug. 13 and Sunday, Aug. 14 in Quincy, Illinois, where Ulysses S. Grant first marched off to…
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Confederate Apologist Appointee Resigns
Last week I wrote about Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s naming of Ann Hunter McLean of Richmond to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources. McLean went…
“Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the Civil War” Wins Organization of American Historians Book Award
The 2022 Organization of American Historians award for Civil War and Reconstruction Books went to Lorien Foote of Texas A&M University for her Rites of…
Chris Mackowski of Emerging Civil War Honored by American Battlefield Trust
Chris Mackowski, a familiar name to Civil War history students, was honored by the American Battlefield Trust in July for his work with history teachers….
Immigrant Soldier of the Civil War to Be Honored July 30 in Richwood, Mn.
An immigrant soldier who served in the Union Army of the Potomac will have his grave dedication on Saturday at Richwood Lutheran Cemetery in Richwood,…
Video Talk on Politics and Elections in the Union Army of the Potomac
I recently watched this video from the Winter Lecture Series of 2022 delivered at Gettysburg National Military Park. It looks at political agitation and campaigning…
Beaufort, South Carolina Grand Army Hall Restoration Completed
The Grand Army of the Republic Hall in Beaufort, South Carolina, was recently restored and was rededicated several weeks ago. The hall is located at…
Town of Lincolnville, South Carolina Added to Reconstruction Era National Historic Network
Lincolnville, South Carolina was created by African Americans in 1867, just two years after the Civil War, as a place where Black families could live…
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