Author: Patrick Young
Kentucky Civil War Refugee Camp Reborn and Reconstructed After Expulsions
The November 1864 expulsions of the wives and children of black soldiers from Camp Nelson in Kentucky had tragic consequences. Of the 400 or more…
Civil War Soldiers’ Monument Albany Rural Cemetery Photo Tour
The Grand Army of the Republic monument in Albany Rural Cemetery is set on a hilltop overlooking the graves of Union soldiers and seamen, most…
Around the Web April 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Last month saw a lot of good podcasts, blog posts and book reviews. By the way, if you want to listen to my own podcast…
Church of the Transfiguration: The Church at the Heart of Civil War Era Irish Five Points
I was in Chinatown in New York one day in 2016 at the Chinese Benevolent Association. Right down the block is one of the most…
William Ellery Channing Statue Early Unitarian Theologian & Slavery Opponent in Boston Photo Tour
William Ellery Channing was one of the earliest and most prominent American Unitarian theologians. He influenced later writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David…
Gravesite of Adam Badeau Ulysses S. Grant’s Aide in Sleepy Hollow N.Y.
Adam Badeau was born on December 29, 1831 in New York City. He grew up in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow along the banks of the…
New Civil War Trails Marker in Goldsboro, N.C. on 135th USCT
The City of Goldsboro, North Carolina celebrated the 158th Anniversary of its men taking up arms to free North Carolina from the Confederacy during the…
Plymouth Church Brooklyn, Henry Ward Beecher and the Civil War Photo Tour
Although I live on Long Island, I was often in historic Brooklyn to visit Michele. I will be sharing some picture that I took in…
Phil Sheridan Statue in National Park Dedicated to Stonewall
Philip Sheridan became a national hero during the last two years of the Civil War. A close subordinate of Ulysses S. Grant from the Fall…
Marker Unveiled Where Frederick Douglass Spoke in Champaign, Illinois
A new historical marker was erected last week in Champaign, Illinois to mark the site where Frederick Douglass spoke in 1869. The famous Abolitionist spoke…