Category: Religion
Pete Hegseth’s Spiritual Leader With Lost Cause Views of Civil War Led Prayers at Pentagon in Feb.
At the end of February, 2026, right before the United States attacked Iran, Secretary of Defense (War) Pete Hegseth had Reverend Doug Wilson lead a…
Pete Hegseth’s Religious Advisor Rev. Doug Wilson: More on Civil War and Slavery
Back in August I posted several articles on Pete Hegseth’s religious advisor. Doug Wilson is the head of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC)…
Pete Hegseth’s Minister Says That the Union War Effort Was a Campaign Against God Part 2
Earlier this week I posted an article on Rev. Doug Wilson. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a member of Doug Wilson’s religious movement, the Communion…
Discovery of 1847 Condemnation of Slavery by Baptist Ministers Shows Development of Anti-Slavery Movement
As readers of Civil War history know, prior to the outbreak of the war many religious people in the North had turned against slavery. Northern…
Civil War Talk Radio Looks at How Warring Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union
Gerry Prokopowicz interviews noted historian Richard Carwardine, author of “Righteous Strife: How Warring Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union,” on religious nationalism in both the North and…
Frederick Douglass Our Composite Nation Exhibit New-York Historical Society
The life-sized figure of Frederick Douglass in the interior of the New-York Historical Society is not painting, it is a statue that is exactly based…
First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn Photo Tour
This week’s piece of Civil War Era Brooklyn NY is First Unitarian Congregation. Completed in 1844 it stands at 48 Monroe Pl. in Historic Brooklyn…
Rutherford B. Hayes Represented Escaped Slaves, Civil War General, and President
President Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 2, 1822. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, succeeded Ulysses S. Grant in office. Born…
Thomas Starr King Statue Outside the California Capitol Building
Thomas Starr King’s statue was in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Unfortunately, in 2006 State Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, a Republican from Murrieta,…
Kentuckian Episcopalians Ask Church to Denounce Civil War Leader Rev. James Craik
Rev. James Craik was an important figure in the Episcopal church in the United States at the time of the Civil War. He was an…