Category: Memory of Reconstruction
New Monument Dedicated in Chattanooga to the United States Colored Troops
On Dec. 4 a new monument to the United States Colored Troops (USCT) was dedicated at Chattanooga National Cemetery. The 44th U.S.C.T. was recruited in…
Beaufort in South Carolina Announces New Program to Mark Reconstruction Era Sites
Beaufort, South Carolina will use $350,000 of Federal money for signage to mark sites connected to the county’s Reconstruction Era history. Beaufort is the home…
Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America Edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney
Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America Edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney published by University of Georgia Press (2021)….
In 1866 Milton Bradley Sold a “Home Theater” Where Americans Could Watch the Civil War Unfold Before Their Eyes
After the Civil War, Americans were sold ways of “experiencing” the war vicariously. Some of the more popular forms included stereoscope photographs which provided a…
David Blight Responds to the Attack on the Teaching of History
David Blight, one of America’s foremost historians and the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Frederick Douglass, has an article in The Atlantic responding to the coordinated…
Recording of Discussion by Eric Foner & Henry Louis Gates on DuBois “Black Reconstruction”
Here is the recording from the Schomburg Center of Henry Louis Gates and Eric Foner discussing W.E.B. DuBois book Black Reconstruction. The discussion starts about…
Free Virtual Discussion of DuBois “Black Reconstruction” by Eric Foner & Henry Louis Gates
Here is the video recorded today. The discussion starts around ten minutes in: From the announcement: About this event VIRTUAL Reconstruction was for Du Bois…
Wilmington, North Carolina Unveils New USCT Sculpture
Wilmington, N.C. unveiled its new sculpture group dedicated to the members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) who helped liberate the city in 1865….
How Sylvester Magee’s Story Was Used to Bolster Segregation
There have long been claims that Sylvester Magee was the last American slave to die. Magee was used by a white supremacist to make the…
Around the Web November 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Here is some of the best of Civil War and Reconstruction social media from the last month. One disappointment last month was the continued silence…