Category: Civil War
“Antifa” Terror Threats at Cedar Creek Battlefield Actually Came from Civil War Reenactor Says Cops
Civil War reenactor Gerald Leonard Drake was arrested this week for making threats against a Civil War reenactment at Cedar Creek Battlefield in Virginia in…
October 4, 2022 Is the Bicentennial Birthday of President Rutherford B. Hayes
President Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 2, 1822 and today is the Bicentennial of his birth. Hayes, the 19th President of the United…
National Park Service Opening New Exhibits to Depict the Impact of the Battle of Antietam on African American Communities Nearby
Antietam National Battlefield Park is opening new exhibits focusing on the impact of the battle and the issuance of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation a few…
PBS Documentary HARRIET TUBMAN: VISIONS OF FREEDOM Premieres Tuesday, October 4, 2022
According to a media release from PBS the documentary Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom will premiere next month. Here is what PBS sent out: HARRIET…
Podcast: Jill Ogline Titus, on Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in Americas Most Famous Small Town
Gerry Prokopowicz of Civil War Talk Radio has a fascinating interview with Jill Ogline Titus, author of Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and…
Enslaved Man Archer Alexander to Be Honored in St. Charles, Missouri Sept. 24, 2022 for Saving Lives of Union Soldiers
On Saturday September 24, 2022, a Black Civil War hero, Archer Alexander will be honored for his role in saving men that the Confederates tried…
The Civil War Soldiers Monument in Haverstraw, New York
This week I visited the Soldiers Monument in Haverstraw, New York. The monument is located on the corner of Hudson Ave. and West Broad Street…
Albert Castel Award Goes to Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that Changed the Course of the Civil War, June 23-July 4, 1863
David Powell and Eric Wittenberg were honored last week with the 2022 Albert Castel Book Award for their campaign study Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that…
Will Smith Film “Emancipation” on Black Union Soldier “Whipped Peter” Still in Limbo Due to Oscar Slap
The New York Times reports that the release of a new film on the subject of one of the most famous Civil War photographs is…
Maine Civil War Veteran Credited With Introducing Baseball to Japan in 1872
The above photo shows Horace Wilson standing at right. Horace Wilson was a young man fresh out of the equivalent of high school when he…