Category: Civil War
Cooperstown New York Civil War Monument and Abner Doubleday Field
Cooperstown is one of America’s best known small towns. If I say I am going to Cooperstown, no one asks me where the town is…
Civil War Institute Looks at How the Civil War Impacted on America’s Fight in World War II
Last weekend I attended the Civil War Institute which brings together academic historians, public historians, and students of the American Civil War to explore the…
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Delhi New York
Delhi, N.Y. is a small town that is the county seat in Delaware County. It’s population is currently 4,795, not that much bigger than its…
The Draft Riots End in a Sea of Blood
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Tuesday July 14, 1863 was the second day of the Draft Riots. Early that morning, Albra Lyons, the African American owner…
Convulsion of Violence: Day One of the New York Draft Riots
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Editor’s Note: I have inserted an important discussion of the riot phenomenon in Footnote 1. You may want to read…
The New York City Draft Riots Begin
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook The months following the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg had been days of desperate re-examination by…
Before the Draft Riots: The Cultivation of Division
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook In 1860, immigrants made up nearly half of the population of New York…
Five Points on the Edge of the Draft Riots
by Patrick Young, Esq. Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook Five Points was the most economically downtrodden neighborhood of all of New York. When starving…
Charles Sumner & The Campaign to End Slavery and for Equality
Zaakir Tameez is getting a lot of attention for his new book Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation. This new biography authored by a young…
Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth Considering Taking Harriet Tubman’s Name Off Ship
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to consider removing the name of Underground Railroad conductor and Abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s name from a Naval…