Category: Lincoln
Lincoln, the Know Nothings, and Immigrant America
Originally Posted January 19, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. in The Immigrants’ Civil War Rumors circulated during Lincoln’s 1860 run for the presidency that he…
Should Lincoln Have Lost His Citizenship?
Originally Posted April 8, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. The New York Times has a weekly blog about the Civil War called Disunion. A recent post by…
The Past, Present, and Future of the Civil War: Three Experts Discuss
Every year on November 19, the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg College presents the Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture. This year the topic was “The Past,…
Carl Schurz Meets With Lincoln To Arm the Germans
Originally Posted May 26, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. The week after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861, Carl Schurz insisted on meeting with Abraham Lincoln….
Lincoln Heritage Museum in Springfield Responds to Trump’s Call for End to “Woke” Coverage in History Museums
President Trump issued a Truth Social post on Tuesday attacking the Smithsonian and many other history museums as bastions of “wokeness.” Here is what the…
Two Civil War Books Win Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and History
On May 5 the announcement came of Pulitzer Prizes. Two books largely dealing with the Civil War, won awards. The winner for Fiction was James…
Lincoln Return Visit Gettysburg Pennsylvania
There are a half-dozen statues of Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg. It is no wonder, because Gettysburg was where the public recognized that the Union was…
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…
Look at the New Museum Being Built Under the Lincoln Memorial
In 2023, the National Park Service began construction under the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to transform the space beneath Lincoln’s statue into a museum. We…
Podcast: Author George Saunders on His Novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” About Lincoln After the Death of His Son
A novel about Lincoln was ranked as one of the best books of the 21st Century by the New York Times. Here is the Book…