Carl Schurz: From German Radical to American Abolitionist
Posted March 25, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. This is the third installment of The Immigrants’ Civil War. Before he even became a citizen of…
1848: The Year that Created Immigrant America
Originally Posted March 18, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. The spread of revolts across the Arab world this year has been compared to the…
Immigrant America on the Eve of the Civil War
Originally Posted March 2, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War. The…
The Immigrants’ Civil War: Preview of an Upcoming Series
Originally Posted February 25, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq I wrote this fourteen years ago explaining my new series The Immigrants’ Civil War. I thought…
Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez
Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez published by Henry Holt 640 pages (2025) Many years ago, I read Harvard historian David Donald’s…
Reconstruction Law Prohibits Coin With Living President On It
The Secretary of the Treasury Brandon Beach released two images of a new commemorative coin bearing the bust of Donald J. Trump and his image…
Schoharie Crossing Erie Canal New York
I told a friend I was going to photograph Schoharie Crossing near Albany. He said “So, you’ve stopped taking pictures of Civil War sites.” No,…
Our Fragile Freedoms: Essays By Eric Foner
Our Fragile Freedoms: Essays By Eric Foner published by Norton, 466 pp. (2025) Generally I don’t like to review “essays” by noted scholars. I enjoy reading…
Nov. 6 Is the Premier of New Pres. James Garfield Assassination Series on Netflix
When I was a kid, we were all taught that President James Garfield was “assassinated by a disappointed office seeker.” That was all we learned…
Civil War Talk Radio Interviews Jerilyn Lee on the U.S. Colored Troops
Jerilyn Lee, author of “The Kinship of War: Stories of the United States Colored Troops” is interviewed by Gerry Prokopowicz of Civil War Talk Radio….