Category: Civil War
Terry’s Texas Rangers Monument in Austin, Texas
In the early days of my career as a lawyer, I used to travel to Austin, Texas quite regularly in my professional capacity. However, I…
Memorial Day 1870 in New York City
Memorial Day, also called “Decoration Day,” was celebrated throughout the North on May 30, 1870. Just five years after the Civil War the day was,…
German Monument Comfort Texas: One of the First Civil War Monuments in Texas
Back in the 1980s I was traveling from Austin to the border with Mexico when I came upon the 1866 Civil War monument in Comfort,…
Statue of Alexander Webb at City College of New York
The City College of New York (CCNY) is one of the most famous educational institutions in New York City. It was founded in 1847 and…
Tom Watson Brown Award for Best Civil War Book Goes to “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War”
The Society of Civil War Historians announced that Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is the recipient of the 2025 Tom Watson Brown Book Award. Dr. Fields-Black…
Damian Shiels on the Actual Irish During the Civil War-Not Just the Irish Brigade
Damian Shiels, the noted Irish scholar on the American Civil War, gave a lecture on May 8, 2025 at New York University (NYU) in Manhattan….
Melvin Memorial to Three Ordinary Soldiers Concord Massachusetts
Before the 250th Anniversary of the start of the Revolution, my wife and I visited Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. During my planning for the…
National Park Service Sites That Are At Risk of Closing
The Trump administration has proposed a 38% cut in funding for the National Park Service (NPS). This would be a cut of more $1.2 Billion…
Soldiers and Sailors Monument Hackensack New Jersey
I was at a funeral in Hackensack, New Jersey and I found that near the funeral home there was a Civil War monument. Usually I…
Sherman’s March Helped Bring a Georgia Family Together
When Major General William Tecumseh Sherman began his March to the Sea on November 15, 1864, many Georgians greeted the Union armies as deliverers from…