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PBS Documentary HARRIET TUBMAN: VISIONS OF FREEDOM Premieres Tuesday, October 4, 2022 

According to a media release from PBS the documentary Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom will premiere next month. Here is what PBS sent out: HARRIET…

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Posted in Civil War Podcast Podcasts

Podcast: Jill Ogline Titus, on Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in Americas Most Famous Small Town

Gerry Prokopowicz of Civil War Talk Radio has a fascinating interview with Jill Ogline Titus, author of Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and…

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Enslaved Man Archer Alexander to Be Honored in St. Charles, Missouri Sept. 24, 2022 for Saving Lives of Union Soldiers

On Saturday September 24, 2022, a Black Civil War hero, Archer Alexander will be honored for his role in saving men that the Confederates tried…

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The Civil War Soldiers Monument in Haverstraw, New York

This week I visited the Soldiers Monument in Haverstraw, New York. The monument is located on the corner of Hudson Ave. and West Broad Street…

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Albert Castel Award Goes to Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that Changed the Course of the Civil War, June 23-July 4, 1863

David Powell and Eric Wittenberg were honored last week with the 2022 Albert Castel Book Award for their campaign study Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that…

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Posted in Civil War Movies

Will Smith Film “Emancipation” on Black Union Soldier “Whipped Peter” Still in Limbo Due to Oscar Slap

The New York Times reports that the release of a new film on the subject of one of the most famous Civil War photographs is…

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Maine Civil War Veteran Credited With Introducing Baseball to Japan in 1872

The above photo shows Horace Wilson standing at right.  Horace Wilson was a young man fresh out of the equivalent of high school when he…

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Exhibit of Paintings of United States Colored Troops Opens in Lexington Park Md.

I received this press release of a new exhibit that people near Lexington Park, Maryland may want to visit. The U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Interpretive…

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Posted in Civil War Slavery White Supremacy White Supremacy Apologetics

Stone Mountain Still a Lost Cause Shrine

In the Spring of 2021, the state agency managing Stone Mountain in Georgia promised to begin altering the Lost Cause presentation of the Civil War…

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Video: The Port Royal Experiment Talk by Ranger Chris Barr on How Coastal Carolina Was an Experiment in Black Freedom

Chris Barr is back with a new short video on the “Port Royal Experiment.” This is how Beaufort, South Carolina and the nearby islands were…

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