Category: Civil War
Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life by Elizabeth Leonard Wins John Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History
The University of Virginia has announced that Elizabeth D. Leonard has won the prestigious 2023 John Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History…
Civil War Reenactor Pleads Guilty to Planting Bomb at Cedar Creek Battlefield
Gerald Leonard Drake, a former Civil War reenactor, pleaded guilty yesterday to planting a pipe bomb and making threats against Cedar Creek Battlefield in September,…
Church of the Transfiguration: The Church at the Heart of Civil War Era Irish Five Points
I was in Chinatown in New York one day in 2016 at the Chinese Benevolent Association. Right down the block is one of the most…
Play “Mr. U.S. Grant: A Man & A Patriot” April 15, 2023 in Davenport, Iowa
The one-man play Mr. U.S. Grant: A Man & A Patriot will be presented at 2PM and 7PM on April 15, 2023 in Davenport, Iowa…
Chris Mackowski Speaks on U.S. Grant at Vicksburg and Chattanooga April 4 in Brunswick County N.C.
On April 4, 2023 Chris Mackowski will speak at the Brunswick County, North Carolina Civil War Round Table on “Grant’s Next Chapter: Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and…
Breathing Democracy Into Spaces: The 1st South Carolina Volunteers of African Descent Event April 8, 2023
The University of South Carolina Beaufort’s (USCB) Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era is offering a free program on April 8, 2023 on…
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site Wins Award for Excellence in National Park Service History
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Missouri was honored last week in Los Angeles with the Stanton-Horton Award for Excellence in National Park Service…
NPS Awards $4.5 Million to Acquire 200 Acres of Civil War Battlefields in Virginia
The National Park Service has granted $4.5 million in Battlefield Land Acquisition grants to preserve two Civil War battlefields in Virginia. The grants will provide…
Gravesite of Adam Badeau Ulysses S. Grant’s Aide in Sleepy Hollow N.Y.
Adam Badeau was born on December 29, 1831 in New York City. He grew up in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow along the banks of the…
Phil Sheridan Statue in National Park Dedicated to Stonewall
Philip Sheridan became a national hero during the last two years of the Civil War. A close subordinate of Ulysses S. Grant from the Fall…