Category: Civil War
Charles Curie Bust in Paterson NJ
The Charles Curie Bust in Paterson, New Jersey’s Eastside Park is not a figure that many of us could identify, let along tie to the…
Yale University Civil War Memorial Hall
In 1895, the Yale Daily News, a student newspaper, began campaigning for Yale to honor its students who fought and died in the Civil War…
Brewster NY Civil War Monument
Brewster is a small village in New York’s Hudson Valley. I visited its Civil War Monument in January of this year. As has been the…
Soldiers’ Monument of Waterbury, Conn.
The Waterbury Soldiers’ Monument in Western Connecticut is a monumental sculptural work that demands better care and preservation. Dedicated on October 23, 1884 at the…
To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 by Scott Hartwig
To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 by Scott Hartwig published by Johns Hopkins University Press (2012) My regular readers know that a…
Long Island Black Civil War Soldier to Have Marker Placed Near His Oyster Bay House
Long Island’s Town of Oyster Bay will unveil an historical marker on Carll Hill Road telling the story behind the naming of the road. David…
Robert Smalls, Heroic Escaped Slave, Learned to Read & Told His Opinions
A new article in the Smithsonian Magazine offers some insights into Robert Smalls from his teacher in South Carolina. In 1862, Smalls, and enslaved pilot,…
Old Soldiers Still Can Love Young Women-A Confederate Soldier’s Home Tale
Here is an interesting story from Rusty Williams, a scholar of Confederate soldiers’ homes, on the home in Oklahoma. The home admitted Confederate veterans and…
Harriet Tubman’s Church Auburn N.Y. Photo Tour
Harriet Tubman today is an iconic figure of resistance to slavery, fighting for the Union to abolish slavery, and caring for Black veterans who served…
“Mystic Lincoln” Statue in Jersey City’s Lincoln Park
I know a fair amount about the Civil War and Reconstruction monuments that I visit long before I go to photograph them. I started this…
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