Category: Civil War
The WashPo Reviews President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear
Historian Garrett M. Graff has a review of the new biography President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear from Simon & Schuster. Here…
Civil War Monument in Boulder, Colorado
My summer trip has taken me through three states out West. When I got to Boulder, Colorado I looked up my sources to see where…
John Wesley Wolfe Ranch in Arches National Park Moab Utah
Recently, I visited Arches National Park in Utah. I walked the Delicate Arches Trail, seen in the photo below. While hiking, I saw a tiny…
John Wesley Powell Civil War Explorer of the Grand Canyon Monument
When I was a boy, we often heard the stories of John Wesley Powell leading expeditions in the American Southwest, particularly of his navigating the…
Port Chester Monument to Colonel of the U.S. Colored Troops Photo Tour
Port Chester, along Long Island Sound in Westchester, is a thriving and diverse village. Along its main road, U.S. Route 1 The Boston Post Road,…
About That “Wall Street Journal” Article Showing Declining Interest in Civil War
Three years ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that Civil War battlefields were losing ground as tourist draws. Within days, Civil War…
General George Thomas Grave in Troy, NY
I recently travelled to Troy, New York to visit the city’s Historic Oakwood Cemetery. The graveyard is best known where Uncle Sam’s grave is, but…
Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn
I visited the second largest Civil War monument in New York. Grand Army Plaza is a massive memorial series covering 11 acres at the…
Poll Finds Americans Want Their Students to Learn More About the Civil War and Know More on Reconstruction (Poll Part IV)
This is the fourth and final installment in my series looking at the YouGov survey just released on Americans attitudes towards the Civil War and Reconstruction. The first…
Poll Shows Who Americans Regard As Favorite Personality of the Civil War Era (Part III)
This is the third in my series at looking at the YouGov survey just released on Americans attitudes towards the Civil War and Reconstruction. The…