Category: Places to Visit
Irish Monument to the American Civil War
My wife and I were in Ireland in August and, of course, we found Civil War-related sites at the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean….
Abraham Lincoln Statue at Gettysburg Visitors Center
You would expect Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg and I am sure many readers recall seeing Lincoln downtown in this Civil War city. That statue, which…
Gettysburg Cyclorama
In June I visited the Gettysburg Cyclorama. The Cyclorama is a gigantic round painting of “Pickett’s Charge” in which the audience stands in the middle…
Gettysburg National Military Park Museum
Most Civil War students who live in the Eastern United States will have visited the museum at the Gettysburg National Military Park at some point…
Grant and Sheridan at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland
Usually I am bringing you sites of the Civil War and Reconstruction from within the 50 States, but this week I am in Ireland. There…
Cornwall New York Civil War Monument
Cornwall-on-Hudson is a small river village with just over three thousand people in Orange County below Newburgh. It is an affluent community with many buildings…
General James A. Garfield Statue in Long Branch on the Jersey Shore Where He Died
Seven Presidents Park along the Jersey Shore in Long Branch is a well-known spot for beach goers in the summer. Long Branch can be quite…
Civil War Cannons in Placerville California
From 1848 until the Civil War, Placerville was a thriving city filled with fortune seekers looking for gold. In 1860, this remote city had more…
Confederate Robbery at Bullion Curve Monument Near Placerville California
During my recent exploration of Civil War sites in California, which took us from Los Angeles, to Yosemite, up to Gold Rush Country, to Sacramento…
Harriet Tubman Statue Unveiled Next to John Brown’s Grave in Lake Placid
Harriet Tubman and John Brown were two leading figures in the anti-slavery movement in New York. Tubman lived in Auburn, New York and Brown’s farm was…
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