Author: Patrick Young
Grant and Sheridan at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland
Usually I am bringing you sites of the Civil War and Reconstruction from within the 50 States, but this week I am in Ireland. There…
Cornwall New York Civil War Monument
Cornwall-on-Hudson is a small river village with just over three thousand people in Orange County below Newburgh. It is an affluent community with many buildings…
Jefferson Davis Explains Why Mississippi Seceded from the United States in His Farewell Address to the Senate
On January 21, 1861, Mississippi Senator Jeff Davis gave his speech resigning from the United States Senate. The entire speech can be read here, beginning…
Chatham Manor at Fredericksburg National Military Park
I have been to the Fredericksburg National Military Park at least half-a-dozen times over the years, but I only went to the Chatham Manor across…
Platform of the Ku Klux Klan Mississippi “A Government of White Men For White Men” March 1868
Here is a Mississippi paper’s publication of the platform of the KKK which focuses on the disenfranchisement of blacks. Many white conservative newspapers published Klan…
General James A. Garfield Statue in Long Branch on the Jersey Shore Where He Died
Seven Presidents Park along the Jersey Shore in Long Branch is a well-known spot for beach goers in the summer. Long Branch can be quite…
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…