Author: Patrick Young
National Park Book on Asians and the Civil War Available Free to Read OnLine
The National Park Service book Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War is now free to read online. The book is available to read…
New Project Looks at the University of Pennsylvania’s Connections to Slavery
The Penn & Slavery Project has posted its findings on the University of Pennsylvania’s connections to slavery on a website. According to the report: “Although…
Photo Tour of the White Plains, NY Civil War Soldiers’ Monument
The Civil War Soldiers’ Memorial in White Plains, New York is itself a product of the Reconstruction Era. Erected by the veterans of the war…
Hillsdale College Professor Dismisses Teaching Black History as an Exercise of “Black Privilege”
Until 2016, not many Americans had heard of Hillsdale College. Over the last half-decade the school became famous when it became the leading institution pushing…
Smithsonian’s Freedmen’s Bureau Records Now Searchable and Available OnLine
The Smithsonian’s Freedmen’s Bureau Records are now searchable for free online. Smithsonian has been using volunteers for years transcribing documents from the Freedmen’s Bureau so…
October 17, 1871 Pres. Grant Suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus in Part of South Carolina
On October 17, 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant suspended Habeas Corpus in nine counties in South Carolina. Over the previous year the Ku Klux Klan…
Photo Tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Stamford, Connecticut
As someone has observed, I made many stops this summer to photograph Civil War monuments while I was travelling. These are monuments erected in villages…
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman Making Series on Richmond Civil War Spy Ring
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman are teaming up to make a new spy drama set in Civil War Richmond. Costner told reporters that the six-hour…
Reconstruction National Park Ranger Chris Barr Video on Harriet Tubman in South Carolina During Civil War
Harriet Tubman went to Beaufort South Carolina during the Civil War to help the Union cause and end slavery. Well-known National Park Service Ranger Chris…
Eric Foner on the Life of Southern Historian C. Vann Woodward Who Helped Change How We View the Civil War and Reconstruction
Eric Foner has an in-depth review of a new book on one of the most important 20th Century historians of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and…