Author: Patrick Young
Jubal Early Explains the Biblical Justification of the Confederate Labor System
Recently I spent more than 4,000 words Confederate general Jubal Early’s explanation of the causes of the Civil War, which were, according to Early, slavery…
Review: Becoming Frederick Douglass PBS Biography of Leading Abolitionist
PBS premiered Becoming Frederick Douglass, a one-hour biography of the Abolitionist and Civil Rights leader, on October 11. Like the documentary Visions of Harriet Tubman…
Controversy Over Delaware Confederate Flag Leads to Partial Boycott of Traditional Parade
Thursdays after Election Day are unique in Georgetown, Delaware close to the Maryland border on the Eastern Shore. It is the scene of the Return…
Gallery of Photos of United States Colored Troops & Civil War Era African Americans On Display in Manhattan
The Kimmel Windows Gallery at New York University is opening a new exhibit; The Black Civil War Soldier on Oct. 13 and on view until…
Photo Tour of Civil War Monument & Union Graves in Nyack, NY
Nyack, New York is one of the most driven-through of the Hudson River villages in the Mid-Hudson Region. The western terminus of the new Mario…
Black Resettlement and the American Civil War Wins Tom Watson Brown Award
Professor Sebastian Page of Oxford University has won the Tom Watson Brown Book Award for his new volume Black Resettlement and the American Civil War….
Around the Web October 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Welcome back to our survey of the best of social media on the Civil War and Reconstruction over the last month. There was a big…
“Antifa” Terror Threats at Cedar Creek Battlefield Actually Came from Civil War Reenactor Says Cops
Civil War reenactor Gerald Leonard Drake was arrested this week for making threats against a Civil War reenactment at Cedar Creek Battlefield in Virginia in…
Was The 14th Amendment’s Legislative Intent To Correct the Wrongs of Slavery and Discrimination?
In the recent oral argument before the Supreme Court in the case of Merrill v. Milligan, the State of Alabama argued that the Voting Rights…
Review Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom from PBS
In the last decade I have spent a lot of time studying Harriet Tubman. I had heard of her in my youth, but she was…