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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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Reconstruction National Park Ranger Chris Barr Video on Harriet Tubman in South Carolina During Civil War

Harriet Tubman went to Beaufort South Carolina during the Civil War to help the Union cause and end slavery. Well-known National Park Service Ranger Chris…

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Eric Foner on the Life of Southern Historian C. Vann Woodward Who Helped Change How We View the Civil War and Reconstruction

Eric Foner has an in-depth review of a new book on one of the most important 20th Century historians of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and…

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Jubal Early Explains the Biblical Justification of the Confederate Labor System

Recently I spent more than 4,000 words Confederate general Jubal Early’s explanation of the causes of the Civil War, which were, according to Early, slavery…

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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War

Civil War Monitor’s Five Essential Books on Sherman’s March to the Sea

Civil War Monitor has been putting out lists of the best books on a variety of Civil War-related topics lately. Here is its list of…

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Controversy Over Delaware Confederate Flag Leads to Partial Boycott of Traditional Parade

Thursdays after Election Day are unique in Georgetown, Delaware close to the Maryland border on the Eastern Shore. It is the scene of the Return…

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Photo Tour of Civil War Monument & Union Graves in Nyack, NY

Nyack, New York is one of the most driven-through of the Hudson River villages in the Mid-Hudson Region. The western terminus of the new Mario…

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“Antifa” Terror Threats at Cedar Creek Battlefield Actually Came from Civil War Reenactor Says Cops

Civil War reenactor Gerald Leonard Drake was arrested this week for making threats against a Civil War reenactment at Cedar Creek Battlefield in Virginia in…

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October 4, 2022 Is the Bicentennial Birthday of President Rutherford B. Hayes

President Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 2, 1822 and today is the Bicentennial of his birth. Hayes, the 19th President of the United…

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National Park Service Opening New Exhibits to Depict the Impact of the Battle of Antietam on African American Communities Nearby

Antietam National Battlefield Park is opening new exhibits focusing on the impact of the battle and the issuance of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation a few…

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