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Tom Watson Brown Award for Best Civil War Book Goes to “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War”

The Society of Civil War Historians announced that Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is the recipient of the 2025 Tom Watson Brown Book Award. Dr. Fields-Black…

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Two Civil War Books Win Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and History

On May 5 the announcement came of Pulitzer Prizes. Two books largely dealing with the Civil War, won awards. The winner for Fiction was James…

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Indiana Lt. Governor Praises “3/5ths Compromise” to U.S. Constitution Which Supported Slavery

Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith of Indiana went on record to praise the “3/5ths Compromise” in the United States Constitution.  He did it when Democrats compared…

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Outcry Against National Park for Altering the History of the Underground Railroad Succeeds!

The outcry against the National Park Service over its altering of the history of the Underground Railroad on its website has succeeded, at least for…

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Thaddeus Stevens in Gettysburg Pennsylvania

Thaddeus Stevens is someone we have all heard about, but not too much. At least until Stephen Spielberg made him the dark hero of his…

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Harriet Tubman Posthumously Promoted to Brigadier General by Maryland National Guard

Harriet Tubman has long been known as an Abolitionist, but in the 21st Century her role in fighting in the Civil War has attracted unprecedented…

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Chambersburg’s Memorial Fountain for Union Troops & “The Burning of Chambersburg”

The women’s groups of Franklin County, Pennsylvania met on Memorial Day in 1868 and agreed they wanted to honor their men for serving in the…

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Harriet Tubman & Thomas Garrett Statue in Wilmington, Delaware

For the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the citizens of Wilmington, Delaware erected a new statue in the revived Riverfront Park along the Christina River…

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The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery by John Swanson Jacobs

Jacobs, John Swanson. The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography by…

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NY Times Reviews “NIGHT FLYER: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People” by Tiya Miles

The New York Times has a new review of Tiya Miles’s latest book on Harriet Tubman. Jennifer Szalai authored it. Here are some substantial excerpts:…

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