Posted in Civil War

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…

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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…

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Posted in Civil War Lost Cause

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…

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Posted in Abolitionists Movies

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…

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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…

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Posted in Photos Places to Visit USCT

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…

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Posted in Civil War Places to Visit

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…

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Posted in Book Reviews

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….

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Posted in Book Reviews Women and Gender

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…

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“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…

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