Category: Civil War
Photo Tour of the Civil War Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut’s Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument is among the most magnificent of the Civil War memorials along Long Island Sound. Set in wonderful Seaside Park,…
Louisville Exhibit on Kentucky’s Black Union Soldiers Fighting for Freedom
A new exhibit on the United States Colored Troops has opened for Veterans Day weekend at the Roots 101 African American Museum in downtown Louisville,…
Veterans Day: Four Long Island Civil War Vets Have New Headstones
Four Long Island Civil Veterans were honored at a ceremony dedicating new headstones on their graves in a cemetery in Uniondale in time for Veterans…
Grand Opening of US Colored Troops Heritage Trail Nov. 12, 2022 Near Mobile, Ala.
On November 12, 2022, the park near Mobile, Alabama at the site of the Battle of Fort Blakeley will hold the grand opening of its…
National Park Service Awards Restoration Grants for Four Civil War Battle Sites
The National Park Service announced this week that it was awarding its first grants under the new Battlefield Restoration Grants program. Four sites were selected…
56th USCT Honored in St. Louis for Service During Civil War and Reconstruction
Last Friday the SUV held a memorial ceremony in St. Louis honoring the men of the 56th United States Colored Troops (56th USCT). The 56th…
NY Times Obituary of an Enslaved North Carolinian Who Escaped Slavery Joined the Navy & and Went on to Success in Reconstruction
Over the last year the New York Times has been publishing obituaries of people who died a long time ago. These are men and women…
Photo Tour of the White Plains, NY Civil War Soldiers’ Monument
The Civil War Soldiers’ Memorial in White Plains, New York is itself a product of the Reconstruction Era. Erected by the veterans of the war…
Photo Tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Stamford, Connecticut
As someone has observed, I made many stops this summer to photograph Civil War monuments while I was travelling. These are monuments erected in villages…
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman Making Series on Richmond Civil War Spy Ring
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman are teaming up to make a new spy drama set in Civil War Richmond. Costner told reporters that the six-hour…
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