Category: Civil War
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…
Protest at Gettysburg Against National Park Cutbacks
As many of you know, the National Park Service has either fired or had staff members take early retirement for more than 10% of the…
Civil War Dead Monument of Concord Massachusetts
I went to Concord, Massachusetts for the 250th Anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. As you likely know, the first actions of that…
DOGE Is Given Even More Power Over National Parks and Historic Sites
DOGE has reduced staffing at the National Park Service by more than 10% over the last three months, but on Thursday Interior Secretary Doug Burgum…
Civil War Monuments at Lexington, Massachusetts-Where the Revolution Started
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought on April 19, 1775, two hundred and fifty years ago. This is the start of the Revolutionary…