Author: Patrick Young
Civil War Cannons in Placerville California
From 1848 until the Civil War, Placerville was a thriving city filled with fortune seekers looking for gold. In 1860, this remote city had more…
The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery by John Swanson Jacobs
Jacobs, John Swanson. The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography by…
The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory by Gaines Foster
The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory. By Gaines M. Foster. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 280 pp….
Professor Peter Carmichael Died Yesterday
I was very sorry to hear that Peter S. Carmichael, Professor of History at Gettysburg College, died on July 21, 2024. He received his Ph.D…
Confederate Robbery at Bullion Curve Monument Near Placerville California
During my recent exploration of Civil War sites in California, which took us from Los Angeles, to Yosemite, up to Gold Rush Country, to Sacramento…
Thomas Starr King Statue Outside the California Capitol Building
Thomas Starr King’s statue was in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Unfortunately, in 2006 State Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, a Republican from Murrieta,…
G.A.R. Statue at Sacramento City Cemetery
The Old Sacramento City Cemetery in the California state capital is about twenty blocks south of the Capitol Building on Riverside Drive and Second Ave,…
Historians Discuss the Movie “Gettysburg” on Its 30th Anniversary
Historians at the Movies Podcast has on Kevin Levine, Waitman Beorn, and Rich Condon to discuss the Ted Turner 1993 film Gettysburg. Most of my…
Boston Common’s Civil War Memorial Vandalized
Right before midnight on July 3 camera’s caught six people at Boston’s Civil War monument in Boston Common. By the time they left, there were…
John W. Jones Black Abolitionist & Keeper of Elmira POW Cemetery Has New Statue Erected
The John W. Jones Museum in Elmira has newly erected statue of Jones. He was a formerly enslaved person who escaped slavery in Virginia and…
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