Category: Civil War
Where Varina and Winne Davis Lived After Jefferson Davis’s Death
A fine hotel from the 19th Century where Varina Davis and her daughter Winnie lived after Jefferson Davis’s death is still standing and is a…
Wilmington Delaware Soldiers And Sailors Monument
Wilmington is a small city in the north of Delaware. At the time of the Civil War, there were more than 21,000 people living there….
Ireland Famine Monument Dublin
Most Americans have at least heard of Ireland’s “Potato Famine” during which one million died of hunger and related diseases and another million fled Ireland…
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Maryland
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park is at 4068 Golden Hill Road Church Creek, Maryland 21622 is a relatively new site jointly run…
Video: The Massacre of U.S. Colored Troops at Camp Nelson in Kentucky
PBS recently did a documentary of United States Colored Troops and Black refugees that sought refuge at the Union’s Camp Nelson in Kentucky in 1864…
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore Wins Pulitzer for History
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution, by Jill Lepore (Liveright) has won the Pulitzer Prize for History. About a third of the…
Congaree National Park May Have to Redact Three Items of Printed Material on Slavery
Congaree National Park in South Carolina is eighteen miles southeast of the state’s capital of Columbia. The park gets fewer than 150,000 visitors every year…
Wayne County New York Civil War Memorial To Be Dedicated on August 22, 2026
The Wayne County Historical Society in Wayne County New York has announce that a new Civil War monument will be unveiled this summer at the…
South Carolina’s Senate Passes Bill Banning QR Codes at Historical Monuments and Sites
The Senate of South Carolina passed a new bill, S. 508, that will ban several manners of historical interpretation at monuments in the state. I…
Biographer Candice Millard Speaks on the Assassination of James Garfield, Union General and U.S. President
Candice Millard is a leading biographer of James Garfield and the author of the 2011 book Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine…