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Woodlawn Union Monument in the Bronx

I went up to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx early in November, 2023 to photograph Unions and Confederate generals buried there. What I did not…

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Union Powder Mill at Algonquin Park “Orange Mills” in Orange County, New York

Algonquin Park in Orange County, New York in the Hudson Valley was a powder mill used to produce gun powder during the Civil War at…

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Monument to the 29th New Jersey Vol. Infantry Redbank, NJ

The 29th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment was raised during the invasion of Maryland after the Union defeat at the Second Manassas. The unit, a…

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Orange Blossom Monument in Goshen to the 124th Regiment NY

Goshen, New York is in the Hudson Highlands just fifty miles north of New York City. Many of the buildings along Main Street in the…

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Northampton Memorial Hall in Massachusetts

Northampton Memorial Hall in Massachusetts isĀ  dedicated to local veterans, but with a clear nod at the Civil War. The Hall was first proposed in…

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New Windsor Cemetery Where “Orange Blossom” War Dead Lie

Many of the cemeteries I have visited are well-kept, heavily landscaped, with monumental monuments to then-famous men. This year I happened upon an all-but abandoned…

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Broadway Civil War Monument New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is best known as the location of Yale University and one of its best known Civil War monuments is only a few blocks…

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New Opera in Houston Focuses on the Van Lew/Bowser Spy Ring in Richmond During Civil War

The Houston Grand Opera is opening a brand new work of opera on the spy ring in Richmond during the Civil War led by Elizabeth…

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Sag Harbor Civil War Soldiers’ Memorial on Long Island

Sag Harbor is one of Long Island’s most intact housing stock from the Civil War Era. Earlier fires in the village led to many of…

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Monument to 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment in New Haven

After the 1960s, very few Civil War monuments were erected, however several were unveiled honoring African American participants in the last thirty years. Monuments to…

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