Author: Patrick Young
Elizabeth Thorn Statue of Caretaker of Evergreen Cemetery at Gettysburg
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln headed on horseback through the streets of Gettysburg to deliver his most famous speech. He rode past the impressive…
NY Times on Gettysburg’s “Lost Cause Problem”
For the 161st Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg the New York Times published an opinion piece today on Gettysburg and the Lost Cause. Simon…
Kentuckian Episcopalians Ask Church to Denounce Civil War Leader Rev. James Craik
Rev. James Craik was an important figure in the Episcopal church in the United States at the time of the Civil War. He was an…
Newly Erected Clara Barton Statue Hagerstown Maryland
Anyone who knows about the Battles of Gettysburg or Antietam has heard of Hagerstown, Maryland but I wonder how many “Civil War Tourists” have stopped…
The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World by Don Doyle
The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World by Don Doyle published by Princeton University Press (2024) Don Doyle’s new book…
West Point Foundry at Cold Spring New York Where the Parrott Gun Was Developed
In 2013 the new West Point Foundry Preserve opened in Cold Spring, New York right next to the Hudson River. Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects designed…
Southold N.Y. Civil War Monument Photo Tour on Long Island’s North Fork
Southold is a developing town on Long Island’s hopping North Fork. Five decades ago it was a rarely visited remote rural community. Today, that is…
Civil War Institute: Interpreting Race at Battlefields and Historic Sites
The Civil War Institute did breakout sessions and one that I went to had National Park Service personnel and the director of a site in…
Civil War Institute: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Beyond Little Round Top With Ron White
On the first day of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College Ron White was one of the featured speakers. He is very well known…
Civil War Institute: General Benjamin Butler Challenged the Elite of New England and the Nation
I am at the Civil War Institute in Gettysburg this weekend. I’ll try to give a little look at what is going on here. There…
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