Author: Patrick Young
Michael Vorenberg Wins Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History for His Book, “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War”
The University of Virginia announced this week that Professor Michael Vorenberg of Brown University has won the 2026 John L. Nau III Book Prize in…
Alabama Speaker of the House Looks at Overturning the 14th Amendment Passed During Reconstruction
I was looking at Kevin Levin’s site Civil War Memory yesterday and an article popped up in which the Speaker of the Alabama House was…
Garden of Heroes Tied to Civil War and Reconstruction
Last year, Donald Trump issued an authorization of a 2021 Executive Order commanding that a Garden of Heroes in Washington for the 250th Anniversary of…
Video: The Massacre of U.S. Colored Troops at Camp Nelson in Kentucky
PBS recently did a documentary of United States Colored Troops and Black refugees that sought refuge at the Union’s Camp Nelson in Kentucky in 1864…
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore Wins Pulitzer for History
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution, by Jill Lepore (Liveright) has won the Pulitzer Prize for History. About a third of the…
Congaree National Park May Have to Redact Three Items of Printed Material on Slavery
Congaree National Park in South Carolina is eighteen miles southeast of the state’s capital of Columbia. The park gets fewer than 150,000 visitors every year…
Wayne County New York Civil War Memorial To Be Dedicated on August 22, 2026
The Wayne County Historical Society in Wayne County New York has announce that a new Civil War monument will be unveiled this summer at the…
Harriet Tubman Sites in Cambridge, Maryland
The most photographed mural of Harriet Tubman is at 424 Race St, Cambridge, MD. The small city is just ten miles north of Harriet Tubman…
South Carolina’s Senate Passes Bill Banning QR Codes at Historical Monuments and Sites
The Senate of South Carolina passed a new bill, S. 508, that will ban several manners of historical interpretation at monuments in the state. I…
Biographer Candice Millard Speaks on the Assassination of James Garfield, Union General and U.S. President
Candice Millard is a leading biographer of James Garfield and the author of the 2011 book Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine…