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Ty Seidule Interviewed on “RobertE. Lee and Me” (& The Lost Cause)

Ty Seidule is the historian of the hour, with his new book Robert E. Lee and Me on of the most talked about historical works…

Native Americans Videos

Video Heather Cox Richardson on Civil War & Reconstruction in the West

Here is a brand new video from Heather Cox Richardson on the Civil War and early Reconstruction on Native Americans on the Plains and Southwest….

Memory of Reconstruction

Eric Foner on the Lessons of Reconstruction Post-January 6th

The New Yorker interviewed historian Eric Foner after the assault on the Capitol last week for his insights into the lessons the Reconstruction Era holds…

African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction Book Reviews

Best 2020 Books on Black History of Civil War and Reconstruction Eras

Black Perspectves, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), asked its editors and bloggers to come up with a list of the…

Abolitionists USCT

The Families of U.S. Colored Troops: Rogue Historian Interviews Dr. Holly Pinheiro

The Rogue Historian, Keith Harris, has an interesting interview with Dr. Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. on his upcoming book focusing on the families of United…

Civil War Confiscation Act Resource USCT

Connecticut Creates Database of Its Black Civil War USCT Troops

The Connecticut State Library has digitalized its records of Black men from the state who served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil…

Education Memory of Reconstruction Slavery

Historian Martha Jones Writes That University Founder Johns Hopkins Was Slaveowner, Not Abolitionist

Martha Jones is a well-known historian who teaches at Johns Hopkins University. Recently she was asked to research the school’s involvement with slavery. Her findings…