Category: Civil War
Immigrant America on the Eve of the Civil War
Originally Posted March 2, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War. The…
Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez
Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez published by Henry Holt 640 pages (2025) Many years ago, I read Harvard historian David Donald’s…
Reconstruction Law Prohibits Coin With Living President On It
The Secretary of the Treasury Brandon Beach released two images of a new commemorative coin bearing the bust of Donald J. Trump and his image…
Schoharie Crossing Erie Canal New York
I told a friend I was going to photograph Schoharie Crossing near Albany. He said “So, you’ve stopped taking pictures of Civil War sites.” No,…
Nov. 6 Is the Premier of New Pres. James Garfield Assassination Series on Netflix
When I was a kid, we were all taught that President James Garfield was “assassinated by a disappointed office seeker.” That was all we learned…
Civil War Talk Radio Interviews Jerilyn Lee on the U.S. Colored Troops
Jerilyn Lee, author of “The Kinship of War: Stories of the United States Colored Troops” is interviewed by Gerry Prokopowicz of Civil War Talk Radio….
Video Politics & Memory in Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York
Akela Reason from the University of Georgia speaks about the building of Civil War monuments in New York City and Brooklyn. After Gettysburg, New York…
Video: The War Over Memory at Bull Run Battlefield
Historian Tyler McGraw has a good video at Emerging Civil War where he discusses the impending removal of signage explaining the history behind the erection…
Ft. Sum(p)ter Artillery in Portland, Oregon(?)
My wife Michele and I were out in Portland, Oregon exploring the Colombia River Gorge. She was doing some research and found out that there…
The Signage at Manassas That Is Slated for Removal by the National Park Service
I went to the Bull Run Battlefield at Manassas, Virginia last year and saw the new signage near the Stonewall Jackson Equestrian Statue on Henry…