Category: Veterans
Veterans Day: Four Long Island Civil War Vets Have New Headstones
Four Long Island Civil Veterans were honored at a ceremony dedicating new headstones on their graves in a cemetery in Uniondale in time for Veterans…
Photo Tour of the White Plains, NY Civil War Soldiers’ Monument
The Civil War Soldiers’ Memorial in White Plains, New York is itself a product of the Reconstruction Era. Erected by the veterans of the war…
Civil War Monuments in Biddeford Maine & Local Graves of Veterans
My last stop during my August trip to the Southeast Maine Coast was in Biddeford, Maine. Today, this is a bustling city with both a…
Beaufort, South Carolina Grand Army Hall Restoration Completed
The Grand Army of the Republic Hall in Beaufort, South Carolina, was recently restored and was rededicated several weeks ago. The hall is located at…
Union Veterans Held Left Handed Penmanship Contests to Encourage Amputees to Re-learn Writing
If you have studied the lives of Civil War vets, you know about the Left-Handed penmanship contests for right-handed amputees. These contests rewarded those Union…
Mural Honoring USCT at New Market Heights Unveiled in Maryland
As Americans’ interest in the Civil War and Reconstruction history grows, we have seen a large number of new historical markers and memorials being dedicated….
Black Celebration Day of New Won Citizenship Turns to Bloody Night in Norfolk in April, 1866
This is the story of a night of horror that began as celebration of the recognition of the citizenship of Black people. The death toll…
An Irish Immigrant Supporter of Lincoln Writes to His Daughter that the 1876 Election Is a Fraud
Patrick Guiney was the colonel commanding the Irish 9th Massachusetts Regiment when he was badly wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness. He would suffer…
The 26th United States Colored Troops-A Black Regiment from New York
Today I am starting a new feature, brief looks at African American regiments that served in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Nearly 180,000 African Americans…
Book Review: Across the Bloody Chasm: The Culture of Commemoration Among Civil War Veterans by M. Keith Harris
Across the Bloody Chasm: The Culture of Commemoration Among Civil War Veterans by M. Keith Harris published by LSU Press (2014) Hardcover $42.50 Kindle $26.49. …