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Soldiers’ Monument of Waterbury, Conn.

The Waterbury Soldiers’ Monument in Western Connecticut is a monumental sculptural work that demands better care and preservation. Dedicated on October 23, 1884 at the…

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Long Island Black Civil War Soldier to Have Marker Placed Near His Oyster Bay House

Long Island’s Town of Oyster Bay will unveil an historical marker on Carll Hill Road telling the story behind the naming of the road. David…

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N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction Plans Exhibit on Wilmington Massacre

North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction has announced that it plans an immersive exhibit on the 1898 Wilmington Massacre. The…

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Twenty-Five Civil War & Reconstruction Historians File Amicus Brief With Supreme Court on 14th Amendment Insurrection Clause

Twenty-five historians have filed a “Friend of the Court” (amicus curiae) brief with the Supreme Court giving the history of the 14th Amendment’s “Insurrection Clause”…

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Longstreet National Review

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/01/james-longstreets-other-war/ Allen Guelzo By ALLEN C. GUELZO November 30, 2023 4:53 PM 1 CommentListen Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South, by Elizabeth R. Varon…

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Rod O’Barr and the Lost Cause Use of Evidence

 

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Historiocrats

Jeff Burns Pat Young writes The Reconstruction Era Blog and The Immigrants’ Civil War. He is Special Professor of Immigration Law at Hofstra Law School…

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Around the Web July 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

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What Was the Impact of Emancipation on the Children of Slaveowners?

Here is an economics report released as a Twitter Storm on the impact of Emancipation and Reconstruction on the children of the slaveholding elite in…

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Recovering the Voices of Enslaved Women in Song

New songs from the days of slavery. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-these-four-banjo-playing-women-resurrected-songs-enslaved-180971926/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2fJ9UAkvs4cWJfRhUagwoC5akxF2iE5UMNth379x071fUdUKpvyKSU0hE

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