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Rachel Powell, Leader of Gettysburg Occupation, Gets Nearly Five Years in Jail
Rachel Powell, who was a leader in the far-right occupation of Gettysburg on July 4, 2020, has been sentenced to nearly five years in jail…
New Opera in Houston Focuses on the Van Lew/Bowser Spy Ring in Richmond During Civil War
The Houston Grand Opera is opening a brand new work of opera on the spy ring in Richmond during the Civil War led by Elizabeth…
NY Times Reviews Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M. Bordewich
Jennifer Szalai did a review in the New York Times of Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M….
Wall Street Journal Reviews “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction” by Fergus M. Bordewich
Today, the Wall Street Journal has a review by Roger Lowenstein the new book Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction…
Two Civil War/Reconstruction Books Longlisted for National Book Award
According to the Washington Post, two new Civil War/Reconstruction Era books have been Longlisted for the National Book Awards this year. Night Watch is a…
Forida’s History Education Standards on Slavery Ignore Their Own Expert Reviewers
The Miami Herald has uncovered how Florida has tried to cover up the state’s treatment of Black people. Reporters Ana Ceballos and Alyssa Johnson say…
NY Times Reviews LINCOLN’S GOD: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation by Joshua Zeitz
LINCOLN’S GOD: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation by Joshua Zeitz was reviewed recently by Ted Widmer in the New York Times. Here…
The WashPo Reviews President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear
Historian Garrett M. Graff has a review of the new biography President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear from Simon & Schuster. Here…
Myths of the Gettysburg Campaign Explained by Tim Smith
Tim Smith of the Adams County Historical Society in Gettysburg is an expert on the battle. This short video helps explain how certain myths have…
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