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Civil War Era Hospital and Cemetery Discovered Underwater In Gulf of Mexico

Joshua Marano, a maritime archaeologist with the National Park Service, observed an unusual pattern in the water when he was flying over the Gulf of…

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Pennsylvania Post Office Renamed for Union Veteran Andrew Gomer Williams

The Butler, Pa. Post Office, located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, was renamed this week in honor of local Civil War veteran Andrew…

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Chart Shows Chronology of Lynchings of Blacks in Virginia After the Civil War

New data visualization from the Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia project of James Madison University helps to illustrate chronological patterns in the lynchings of Blacks….

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Around the Web May 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

Substack Kevin Levin has been a history teacher most of his life. He has an interesting take on the recent failures of the history 8th…

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Recovering the Voices of Enslaved Women in Song

New songs from the days of slavery. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-these-four-banjo-playing-women-resurrected-songs-enslaved-180971926/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2fJ9UAkvs4cWJfRhUagwoC5akxF2iE5UMNth379x071fUdUKpvyKSU0hE

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Sgt. Henry Taylor Vicksburg Medal of Honor Winner Will Have Bust Dedicated April 29, 2023

On April 29 a new bust of Henry Taylor will be unveiled honoring the Medal of Honor awardee. Below is from Our Quad Cities: The…

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Manchester New Hampshire Civil War Monument Restored

Manchester, New Hampshire’s well-known Civil War monument was restored over the last year and was unveiled on Thursday. Originally dedicated in 1879, the monument underwent…

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Colfax Massacre Monument Finally Erected in Louisiana

The April 13, 1873 Colfax Massacre in Louisiana took the lives of between 60 and 150 African Americans.  The Massacre was the most costly of…

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Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life by Elizabeth Leonard Wins John Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History

The University of Virginia has announced that Elizabeth D. Leonard has won the prestigious 2023 John Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History…

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Civil War Reenactor Pleads Guilty to Planting Bomb at Cedar Creek Battlefield

Gerald Leonard Drake, a former Civil War reenactor, pleaded guilty yesterday to planting a pipe bomb and making threats against Cedar Creek Battlefield in September,…

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