Posted in Civil War Podcast Podcasts

Podcast: Ron White on Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

I was at the Civil War Institute over the weekend in Gettysburg. There was recording of some of the events. Here is the podcast recording…

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Posted in Civil War Immigrants

Civil War Institute: Lincoln & Immigration with Harold Holzer

Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer is one of the most talked-about Civil War books of 2024. Here…

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Posted in Abolitionists Monuments Places to Visit

Harriet Tubman Statue in Beaufort, S.C. Unveiled Honoring Her Role in Civil War

A new statue of Harriet Tubman has been unveiled in Beaufort, South Carolina for her role in the Combahee River Raid that freed 700 South…

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Gerry Prokopowicz talks to Dr. Cecily Zander on Anti-Militarism in the North During the Civil War

Gerry Prokopowicz, host of Civil War Talk Radio, interviews Dr. Cecily N. Zander. She is the author of The Army Under Fire: The Politics of…

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Harriet Jacobs’s Brother’s “Slave Narrative” Comes to Light After Being Lost for 164 Years

In today’s New York Times Jennifer Schuessler tells the story of a long-lost “slave narrative” that was just published by the University of Chicago Press….

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Three Civil War Era Books Win Pulitzer Prize Today

Three books were awarded the Pulitzer Prize today that had to do with the Civil War, the Antebellum, and Reconstruction, one each in History, Biography,…

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WashPo Reviews Erik Larson’s “The Demon of Unrest” About the Firing on Ft Sumter

The Washington Post reviews Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil…

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New York State Awards $500,000 to Develop Underground Railroad Corridor

New York State has announced that it is giving out a grant to the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State to start developing a…

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Posted in Civil War Veterans

A Union Soldier Recounts His First Passover in the Army Under Rutherford B. Hayes

Joseph A. Joel, a Jewish Union soldier, recounted his Civil War celebration of Passover in “The Jewish Messenger“ in April 1866. I saw this referred…

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Podcast on Attempt to Create an Underground Railroad Video Game in 1993

The podcast Decoder Ring has an interesting and troubling story about the attempt to create a video game about the Underground Railroad. This was not…

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