Category: Civil War
John Hennessy on the Impact of the Second Bull Run Campaign on Emancipation & Black Freedom
On April 20, I attended the University of Virginia Signature Conference on the Second Bull Run in Charlottesville, Virginia. I have already posted on Gary…
How Did the Second Bull Run Change Confederate Views of the Civil War According to Gary Gallagher
This weekend I went down to Charlottesville, Virginia from my Long Island home to hear some nationally recognized experts talk about the Second Bull Run,…
“The Lost Cause” As Part of Early Confederate Iconography & Counter-Iconography
In 2023, the Department of Defense removed the Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery. Inscribed on the monument are the words “Vitrix causa diis placuit…
Study the End of the Civil War and Start of Reconstruction With South Carolina School Children Circa 1918
I wanted to look at what South Carolina school children learned about the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era in the early 20th Century by…
Study the Course of the Civil War With South Carolina School Children Circa 1918
I wanted to look at what South Carolina school children learned about the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era in the early 20th Century by…
James: A Novel by Percival Everett
James: A Novel by Percival Everett published by Doubleday (2024) I read a lot of books. Right before my stroke, I was reading more than…
Civil War Monument in Pittsfield Mass. Where Ball Playing Was Not Allowed!
Pittsfield, Massachusetts is an old mill town in the Western part of the state, just a half-hour away from Albany. I drove through snow in…
Freeport Memorial Library on Long Island, N.Y.
Freeport is a lively village on Long Island’s South Shore. It has slips that access the Great South Bay and it is just a bridge…
Bridgeport Ct. Mountain Grove Cemetery Pro Patria Monument
Bridgeport was a fairly modest city at the time of the Civil War. It was known as a developing mill town and a shipping port…
Great Falls National Historic Park at Paterson NJ
Typically I take you to monuments constructed to mark historic events or to honor people directly involved in Reconstruction or the Civil War. However, I…
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