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North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center Groundbreaking June 2

The North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center will hold a groundbreaking on June 2 for its third phase of construction. The center is expected…

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Posted in Civil War

Elmira Prison Camp Site Reopens on Saturdays This Summer

The Elmira Civil War Prison Camp has announced it will be reopening this summer. The camp, which held thousands of captured Confederates in 1864 and…

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Posted in Lost Cause Memory of Reconstruction Monuments

Recommended New Names for Army Bases Named After Confederates Announced

The Congressional Commission tasked with renaming Army bases currently named after Confederate military figures released its recommended changes Tuesday. Here are the changes according to…

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“West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire” Wins Wiley-Silver Prize

Kevin Waite’s book West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire has won the 2022 Wiley-Silver Prize for Best First Book in Civil…

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Posted in U.S. Grant

U.S. Grant Pistols Sell for $5.17 Million at Auction

A pair of engraved pistols presented to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War sold for $5.17 million at an auction in Rock Island, Illinois…

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Kate Masur’s “Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction” Wins Nau Prize in Civil War History

Kat Masur’s fine new book Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction was awarded the prestigious 2022 John…

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Posted in Education Slavery

Report on Harvard’s Ties to Slavery Released on Two Centuries of Exploitation

Harvard, like Georgetown, Princeton, and Columbia universities, has released a report on the school’s ties to slavery. Here is how the New York Times’ article…

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Grant200 Event The Friendship of U.S. Grant & Thomas Nast at Grant Cottage May 14

The Grant Cottage, where Ulysses S. Grant completed his Memoirs and passed away soon afterwards, is holding educational events marking Grant’s Bicentennial. The site is…

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Essay in The Nation on W.E.B. DuBois’s Class Conflict Analysis in His Classic “Black Reconstruction”

Gerald Horne has an essay in the latest issue of the progressive magazine The Nation on W.E.B. DuBois’s groundbreaking book Black Reconstruction. The new edition…

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NY Times Reviews “My Old Kentucky Home” New Book on Old Song

Rick Bragg reviews the new book out on a song most of hear once a year when the Kentucky Derby is run; MY OLD KENTUCKY…

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