Category: Civil War
Confederate Gen. Albert Pike Statue Re-erected in Washington
Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike statue was re-erected in Washington on Saturday following an executive order from President Donald Trump. The statue had been attacked…
Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age by Henry Wiencek
Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age by Henry Wiencek Farrar, Straus and Giroux pages 320 (2025) Stanford White…
Pete Hegseth’s Religious Advisor Rev. Doug Wilson: More on Civil War and Slavery
Back in August I posted several articles on Pete Hegseth’s religious advisor. Doug Wilson is the head of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC)…
The First Casualties of the Civil War Were All Irish Immigrants—Was This a Coincidence?
Originally Posted April 18, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Last week, The Immigrants’ Civil War looked at the reaction of immigrants to the attack on Fort Sumter. Maryann…
Somewhere Toward Freedom Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation by Bennett Parton
Somewhere Toward Freedom Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation by Bennett Parten published by Simon & Schuster 272 pages (2025) There was…
Roswell Georgia Monument to Women “Lost Mill Workers”
I have been to Roswell, Georgia on several occasions to view the ruined mill sites along Vickery Creek. In 1864, during his campaign to capture…
Immigrant America on the Eve of the Civil War
Originally Posted March 2, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War. The…
Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez
Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez published by Henry Holt 640 pages (2025) Many years ago, I read Harvard historian David Donald’s…
Reconstruction Law Prohibits Coin With Living President On It
The Secretary of the Treasury Brandon Beach released two images of a new commemorative coin bearing the bust of Donald J. Trump and his image…
Schoharie Crossing Erie Canal New York
I told a friend I was going to photograph Schoharie Crossing near Albany. He said “So, you’ve stopped taking pictures of Civil War sites.” No,…