William Dunning Explains the Undoing of Reconstruction
This is the final installment of our Dunning Deep Dive. William Dunning was the leading academic writer on Reconstruction during the first half of the…
John Wesley Wolfe Ranch in Arches National Park Moab Utah
Recently, I visited Arches National Park in Utah. I walked the Delicate Arches Trail, seen in the photo below. While hiking, I saw a tiny…
John Wesley Powell Civil War Explorer of the Grand Canyon Monument
When I was a boy, we often heard the stories of John Wesley Powell leading expeditions in the American Southwest, particularly of his navigating the…
Port Chester Monument to Colonel of the U.S. Colored Troops Photo Tour
Port Chester, along Long Island Sound in Westchester, is a thriving and diverse village. Along its main road, U.S. Route 1 The Boston Post Road,…
Mathew Brady’s Manhattan Photo Studio Photo Tour
New York City is a strange place. Manhattan always seems to have some new gigantic building going up, making it easy to forget that next…
About That “Wall Street Journal” Article Showing Declining Interest in Civil War
Three years ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that Civil War battlefields were losing ground as tourist draws. Within days, Civil War…
General George Thomas Grave in Troy, NY
I recently travelled to Troy, New York to visit the city’s Historic Oakwood Cemetery. The graveyard is best known where Uncle Sam’s grave is, but…
Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn
Note: This site is presently closed for restoration until 2024. I will give a report on the current state of repair in a future post….
Poll Finds Americans Want Their Students to Learn More About the Civil War and Know More on Reconstruction (Poll Part IV)
This is the fourth and final installment in my series looking at the YouGov survey just released on Americans attitudes towards the Civil War and Reconstruction. The first…
Poll Shows Who Americans Regard As Favorite Personality of the Civil War Era (Part III)
This is the third in my series at looking at the YouGov survey just released on Americans attitudes towards the Civil War and Reconstruction. The…
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