Category: Immigrants
Elizabeth Thorn Statue of Caretaker of Evergreen Cemetery at Gettysburg
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln headed on horseback through the streets of Gettysburg to deliver his most famous speech. He rode past the impressive…
Civil War Institute: Irish in the Civil War with Ryan Keating
Ryan Keating lectured on Irish in the American Civil War during the Civil War Institute. Keating is a professor of history at California State University…
Civil War Institute: Lincoln & Immigration with Harold Holzer
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer is one of the most talked-about Civil War books of 2024. Here…
Civil War Institute: General Benjamin Butler Challenged the Elite of New England and the Nation
I am at the Civil War Institute in Gettysburg this weekend. I’ll try to give a little look at what is going on here. There…
Podcast: Harold Holzer Talks About His New Book on Lincoln and the Immigrants
Gerry Prokopowicz, host of Civil War Talk Radio, interviews Harold Holzer, author of “Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration.” The discussion…
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer published by Dutton (2024) Harold Holzer is one of the foremost scholars…
In 1868 Irish Immigration Was Down and German Immigration Was Up in Ohio
This report gives numbers on immigrants passing through and settling in Ohio in 1868. A few interesting notes: 1. The number of Irish was down…
New Civil War Historical Marker of 1862 Passover By Union Troops in Fayetteville, WV Unveiling April 3
Civil War Trails has announced that its first trail marker on Jews during the Civil War will be unveiled on April 3 in Fayetteville, West…
Lincoln Cottage Was Lincoln’s Summer Home Photo Tour
The summer of 1864 was one of the bloodiest in American history. Against a background of the horrible battles of the last year of the…
Mass German Immigration Lead to a Post-War Lutheran Boom January 1869
Immigration revived strongly after the end of the Civil War, with the largest group of immigrants shifting from Irish to Germans. The increased immigration brought…
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