Civil War Institute: Lincoln & Immigration with Harold Holzer
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer is one of the most talked-about Civil War books of 2024. Here…
Civil War Institute: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Beyond Little Round Top With Ron White
On the first day of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College Ron White was one of the featured speakers. He is very well known…
Civil War Institute: General Benjamin Butler Challenged the Elite of New England and the Nation
I am at the Civil War Institute in Gettysburg this weekend. I’ll try to give a little look at what is going on here. There…
Northfield Cemetery Stamford, Connecticut
Northfield Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut has some of the oldest graves in that city. Begun as a formal cemetery in 1787, there are burials there…
Harriet Tubman Statue in Beaufort, S.C. Unveiled Honoring Her Role in Civil War
A new statue of Harriet Tubman has been unveiled in Beaufort, South Carolina for her role in the Combahee River Raid that freed 700 South…
Fulton Ferry Brooklyn, the Civil War, the Draft Riots, and Walt Whitman-Photo Tour
In researching the Civil War and Reconstruction in New York City, I keep coming across Fulton Ferry. I have mentioned it a dozen times for…
Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War by Jon Grinspan
Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War by Jon Grinspan published by Bloomsbury Publishing (2024) I have been very…
Gerry Prokopowicz talks to Dr. Cecily Zander on Anti-Militarism in the North During the Civil War
Gerry Prokopowicz, host of Civil War Talk Radio, interviews Dr. Cecily N. Zander. She is the author of The Army Under Fire: The Politics of…
Harriet Jacobs’s Brother’s “Slave Narrative” Comes to Light After Being Lost for 164 Years
In today’s New York Times Jennifer Schuessler tells the story of a long-lost “slave narrative” that was just published by the University of Chicago Press….
Frederick Douglass Statue at New-York Historical Society
Frederick Douglass stands at the top of a stair leading into the New-York Historical Society. The statue was installed in 2011 just as the United…
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