Category: Civil War
General George Thomas Grave in Troy, NY
I recently travelled to Troy, New York to visit the city’s Historic Oakwood Cemetery. The graveyard is best known where Uncle Sam’s grave is, but…
Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn
Note: This site is presently closed for restoration until 2024. I will give a report on the current state of repair in a future post….
Poll Finds Americans Want Their Students to Learn More About the Civil War and Know More on Reconstruction (Poll Part IV)
This is the fourth and final installment in my series looking at the YouGov survey just released on Americans attitudes towards the Civil War and Reconstruction. The first…
Poll Shows Who Americans Regard As Favorite Personality of the Civil War Era (Part III)
This is the third in my series at looking at the YouGov survey just released on Americans attitudes towards the Civil War and Reconstruction. The…
Poll Looks at Who Was Responsible for the Civil War (Part II)
This is the second article on a new YouGov poll of a thousand Americans on the Civil War and Reconstruction. The first article looked at…
New Poll Examines How Americans Look at Civil War
A new YouGov poll looked at how Americans thought about slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. With renewed controversy about American history, the poll shows…
Myths of the Gettysburg Campaign Explained by Tim Smith
Tim Smith of the Adams County Historical Society in Gettysburg is an expert on the battle. This short video helps explain how certain myths have…
“The Little Church Around the Corner,” The Civil War, and The Draft Riots
The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration on 29th St. in Manhattan is known to all New Yorkers as “The Little Church Around the Corner.” Although…
Fort Schuyler Where the Irish Brigade Trained in The Bronx
This week I recount my visit to a rich historical site with great views and a unique natural setting that was appreciated as much by…
Captain Dermody Triangle in Queens Honoring an Immigrant Abolitionist
Captain William Dermody Triangle in Bayside, Queens honors an officer of the Army of the Potomac killed at Spotsylvania in 1864. Dermody was from Bayside…
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