Category: Civil War
Smithsonian National Museum of American History Washington, D.C.
Most of my readers have been to the Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington at 1300 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560. I have been…
William McKinley Monument Sharpsburg Maryland
Many of you have visited Antietam National Battlefield at Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The September 17, 1862 battle became the largest violent loss of…
Clara Barton Schoolhouse Bordentown New Jersey
Most of my readers know about Clara Barton. She was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War and in the last days of the war…
Grant Home Burlington, NJ Where Grant Found Out Lincoln Was Assassinated
I had always heard that Ulysses S. Grant was invited to accompany Abraham Lincoln to Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 to see the play…
Princeton University Civil War Memorial Atrium
Princeton University, one of the elite Ivy League schools, is in the North East in New Jersey. There is a monument on campus memorializing alums…
Union Brigadier General Randolph B. Marcy Grave in Trenton
In November of 2024 I photographed George McClellan’s grave at Riverview Cemetery in Trenton, N.J. While there, I found out that another Civil War general…
Jimmy Carter and His Civil War Reading
Well-known historian Douglas Brinkley was writing a biography of Jimmy Carter in 1993 and he met with the former president. He asked him what were…
George McClellan’s Grave Trenton New Jersey
George McClellan may not have many fans among Civil War buffs, but in Trenton, New Jersey he was a hero, at least during his life….
New Marker Unveiled on the Plymouth Massacre in North Carolina
On December 13, a new marker was unveiled on Route 64 in Plymouth, North Carolina to mark where Confederate troops massacred African Americans. The Civil…
Civil War Talk Radio Interviews Michael J. Megelsh on Adelbert Ames
Civil War Talk Radio had an interesting interview recently with Michael Megelish on his new book on Union General Adelbert Ames. Ames was the son-in-law…
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