Category: Civil War
NY Times Obituary of an Enslaved North Carolinian Who Escaped Slavery Joined the Navy & and Went on to Success in Reconstruction
Over the last year the New York Times has been publishing obituaries of people who died a long time ago. These are men and women…
Photo Tour of the White Plains, NY Civil War Soldiers’ Monument
The Civil War Soldiers’ Memorial in White Plains, New York is itself a product of the Reconstruction Era. Erected by the veterans of the war…
Photo Tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Stamford, Connecticut
As someone has observed, I made many stops this summer to photograph Civil War monuments while I was travelling. These are monuments erected in villages…
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman Making Series on Richmond Civil War Spy Ring
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman are teaming up to make a new spy drama set in Civil War Richmond. Costner told reporters that the six-hour…
Reconstruction National Park Ranger Chris Barr Video on Harriet Tubman in South Carolina During Civil War
Harriet Tubman went to Beaufort South Carolina during the Civil War to help the Union cause and end slavery. Well-known National Park Service Ranger Chris…
Eric Foner on the Life of Southern Historian C. Vann Woodward Who Helped Change How We View the Civil War and Reconstruction
Eric Foner has an in-depth review of a new book on one of the most important 20th Century historians of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and…
Jubal Early Explains the Biblical Justification of the Confederate Labor System
Recently I spent more than 4,000 words Confederate general Jubal Early’s explanation of the causes of the Civil War, which were, according to Early, slavery…
Civil War Monitor’s Five Essential Books on Sherman’s March to the Sea
Civil War Monitor has been putting out lists of the best books on a variety of Civil War-related topics lately. Here is its list of…
Controversy Over Delaware Confederate Flag Leads to Partial Boycott of Traditional Parade
Thursdays after Election Day are unique in Georgetown, Delaware close to the Maryland border on the Eastern Shore. It is the scene of the Return…
Photo Tour of Civil War Monument & Union Graves in Nyack, NY
Nyack, New York is one of the most driven-through of the Hudson River villages in the Mid-Hudson Region. The western terminus of the new Mario…