Category: Religion
William Ellery Channing Statue Early Unitarian Theologian & Slavery Opponent in Boston Photo Tour
William Ellery Channing was one of the earliest and most prominent American Unitarian theologians. He influenced later writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David…
Plymouth Church Brooklyn, Henry Ward Beecher and the Civil War Photo Tour
Although I live on Long Island, I was often in historic Brooklyn to visit Michele. I will be sharing some picture that I took in…
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…
First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn Photo Tour
Note: Thisd [page is under construction. This week’s piece of Civil War Era Brooklyn NY is First Unitarian Church. Completed in 1844 it stands on…
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…
In 1870 Ulysses S. Grant Made Christmas a National Holiday
Christmas had a varied history in colonial America. While many settlers celebrated it, from the Dutch in New York to British inĀ Virginian, it was…
A Reconstruction Era Church in Manhattan Showed Growing Strength of Irish Immigrant Community: Photo Tour
The Parish of St. Bernard was established in 1868 in a developing Manhattan Irish immigrant community. From 1873 to 1875 the massive St. Barnard Church…
“Slave Bible” on Display in Netherlands: Rewritten to Eliminate Freedom as a Virtue
A Bible used by British missionaries preaching to enslaved people in the Americas is now on display in Utrecht in the Netherlands. The 1807 Bible…
How Religious Pamphlets Supported the Confederate Cause During the Civil War
Religion’s place in American life has become a rich subject of Civil War Era research in recent decades. Josh Waddell, a scholar at the University…
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