Category: Civil War
Researcher Presents Evidence of Where Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Actually Took Place
Here is a Lincoln at Gettysburg story so big that it made the New York Times. November 19 is the 149th Anniversary of the Gettysburg…
Ten Years Ago Movie “Lincoln” Showed the Gettysburg Address
November 19 is Dedication Day in Gettysburg, the anniversary of the the day in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln came to Gettysburg to deliver his famous…
Robert Toombs of Georgia Speech on Leaving the Senate Explains Why Confederacy Was Created
On January 7, 1861, Robert Toombs of Georgia delivered his speech explaining why he was leaving the United States Senate. I had originally planned on…
A Carolina Librarian on Recent Civil War Books that Help Challenge Your Understanding of the Civil War
Paul Birkhead, a librarian in Salisbury, North Carolina at the Rowan Public Library, wrote an interesting column in the Salisbury Post on recent books he…
Photo Tour of the Civil War Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut’s Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument is among the most magnificent of the Civil War memorials along Long Island Sound. Set in wonderful Seaside Park,…
Louisville Exhibit on Kentucky’s Black Union Soldiers Fighting for Freedom
A new exhibit on the United States Colored Troops has opened for Veterans Day weekend at the Roots 101 African American Museum in downtown Louisville,…
Veterans Day: Four Long Island Civil War Vets Have New Headstones
Four Long Island Civil Veterans were honored at a ceremony dedicating new headstones on their graves in a cemetery in Uniondale in time for Veterans…
Grand Opening of US Colored Troops Heritage Trail Nov. 12, 2022 Near Mobile, Ala.
On November 12, 2022, the park near Mobile, Alabama at the site of the Battle of Fort Blakeley will hold the grand opening of its…
National Park Service Awards Restoration Grants for Four Civil War Battle Sites
The National Park Service announced this week that it was awarding its first grants under the new Battlefield Restoration Grants program. Four sites were selected…
56th USCT Honored in St. Louis for Service During Civil War and Reconstruction
Last Friday the SUV held a memorial ceremony in St. Louis honoring the men of the 56th United States Colored Troops (56th USCT). The 56th…