Author: Patrick Young
The Bestselling Books on the Civil War Era in 2021
The Civil War Monitor has published the list of the Civil War Bestsellers of 2021 based on data from Bookscan. If you have read any…
Around the Web December 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
November was a great month for Civil War social media. Civil War Talk Radio, in particular, had one of its best months since I began…
What Do We Call the Period Before Reconstruction?
I was reading an article in the Springfield News Leader, a paper in Missouri, on a local politician’s crack-down on “Critical Race Theory.” It was…
Washington Independent Review of Books Favorite 2021 Books on Mid-19th Century U.S. History
The Washington Independent Review of Books has released its “Best of” list of books for 2021. Here are the books having to do with mid-19th…
Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America’s Most Famous Small Town by Jill Ogline Titus
Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America’s Most Famous Small Town by Jill Ogline Titus published by University of North…
Natchez Miss. Considers New Monument to USCT Who Protected City From Confederate Attacks
At a public Town Hall on the creation of a United States Colored Troops monument in Natchez in November, the discussion was interrupted by several…
New York Times Notable Books of 2021 on 19th Century America
It is that time of year. Publications are putting out their “Best Of” lists of books. Here are non-fiction books the New York Times has…
Historic Brattonsville Opening Reconstruction Era General Store to Tell Story of a Murder
Historic Brattonsville in York County, South Carolina is restoring a general store that was the scene of an inquest into the killing of James Williams,…
In 1866 Milton Bradley Sold a “Home Theater” Where Americans Could Watch the Civil War Unfold Before Their Eyes
After the Civil War, Americans were sold ways of “experiencing” the war vicariously. Some of the more popular forms included stereoscope photographs which provided a…
Podcast: How Robert Gould Shaw’s Missing Ft. Wagner Sword Was Found and Identified
When Robert Gould Shaw led the 54th Massachusetts into battle at Fort Wagner outside of Charleston he carried a brand new sword given to him…