Author: Patrick Young
Boston Sphinx Memorializes the Union Dead of the Civil War & Slavery’s End
Mount Auburn Cemetery was one of the first “Rural Cemeteries” in the United States. Cemeteries before the 19th Century were adjoining churches or on available…
The Love Letters of Thomas Jefferson Withers to James Henry Hammond Future Governor of South Carolina
The letters of Thomas Jefferson Withers to James Hammond are a source for finding out the attitudes of elite Southern men before the Civil War….
The Original Monument to the First Bull Run
Now that the Spring has sprung, I am going to take you to some monuments away from the cities. I went to a conference at…
John Hennessy on the Impact of the Second Bull Run Campaign on Emancipation & Black Freedom
On April 20, I attended the University of Virginia Signature Conference on the Second Bull Run in Charlottesville, Virginia. I have already posted on Gary…
How Did the Second Bull Run Change Confederate Views of the Civil War According to Gary Gallagher
This weekend I went down to Charlottesville, Virginia from my Long Island home to hear some nationally recognized experts talk about the Second Bull Run,…
“The Lost Cause” As Part of Early Confederate Iconography & Counter-Iconography
In 2023, the Department of Defense removed the Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery. Inscribed on the monument are the words “Vitrix causa diis placuit…
Abraham Lincoln Statue at New-York Historical Society
One of the most photographed statues of Abraham Lincoln is the recently erected Lincoln at the New York Historical Society. While it is frequently photographed…
History Behind the 1864 Law Restricting Abortion in Arizona
Before the Civil War, very few states had laws restricting abortion in the early stages of a pregnancy. For those states that criminalized abortion, most…
Liberty State Park Train Station
The harbor-fronting train station at Liberty State Park had begun to be built in 1860. Earth being removed for construction in Manhattan was shipped across…
Study How Former Confederates Ended Reconstruction With South Carolina School Children Circa 1918
This is the final article in our four-part series on how South Carolina told its children about the Civil War and Reconstruction from 1918 until…