Posted in Civil War Ku Klux Klan Memory of Reconstruction Monuments

Confederate Gen. Albert Pike Statue Re-erected in Washington

Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike statue was re-erected in Washington on Saturday following an executive order from President Donald Trump. The statue had been attacked…

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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War

Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age by Henry Wiencek

Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age by Henry Wiencek Farrar, Straus and Giroux pages 320 (2025) Stanford White…

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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War Lost Cause Religion Slavery

Pete Hegseth’s Religious Advisor Rev. Doug Wilson: More on Civil War and Slavery

Back in August I posted several articles on Pete Hegseth’s religious advisor. Doug Wilson is the head of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC)…

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Posted in Civil War Immigrants' Civil War

The First Deaths of the Civil War Were All Irish Immigrants—Was This a Coincidence?

Originally Posted April 18, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Last week, The Immigrants’ Civil War looked at the reaction of immigrants to the attack on Fort Sumter. Maryann…

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Posted in Movies

New Trailer Out on Garfield Assassination “Death By Lightning”

There is a new trailer out for the Netflix original series about the assassination of President James Garfield. The series premiers on November 6, 2023….

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Posted in Immigrants' Civil War Lincoln

Carl Schurz Meets With Lincoln To Arm the Germans

Originally Posted May 26, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. The week after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861, Carl Schurz insisted on meeting with Abraham Lincoln….

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Posted in Civil War Memory of Reconstruction Places to Visit

Roswell Georgia Monument to Women “Lost Mill Workers”

I have been to Roswell, Georgia on several occasions to view the ruined mill sites along Vickery Creek. In 1864, during his campaign to capture…

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Posted in Immigrants' Civil War

Immigrant Leader Carl Schurz to Lincoln: Stand Firm Against Slavery

  Originally Posted March 29, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   When Lincoln ran for election to the presidency in 1860, he had a highly…

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Carl Schurz: From German Radical to American Abolitionist

Posted March 25, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   This is the third installment of The Immigrants’ Civil War. Before he even became a citizen of…

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Posted in Immigrants' Civil War

1848: The Year that Created Immigrant America

Originally Posted March 18, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   The spread of revolts across the Arab world this year has been compared to the…

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