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Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America by Michael Megelsh

Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America by Michael Megelsh published by Kent State University Press (2024) is an interesting biography…

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Five Best Books of the Last Year on Reconstruction

October is National Book Book Month and here are some new volumes that have come out in the last year that really raise standards for…

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Waterloo Village New Jersey Canal Town During the Civil War

Waterloo Village State Historic Site is located in New Jersey’s Allamuchy Mountain State Park in Stanhope, N.J. It was the midway point on the 102…

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Gettysburg Cyclorama Explained by Chris Brenneman on Addressing Gettysburg

Chris Brenneman gives a very good explanation of the Gettysburg Cyclorama, a 19th Century paining-in-the-round that depicts “Pickett’s Charge” during the Battle of Gettysburg.  Matt…

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Port Jervis NY Civil War Monument, Stephen Crane & a Lynching

Port Jervis is a small city where New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey meet. The city has 8,775 residents according to the 2020, down by…

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Rutherford B. Hayes Represented Escaped Slaves, Civil War General, and President

President Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 2, 1822. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, succeeded Ulysses S. Grant in office. Born…

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Milford Pennsylvania Monument on Pike County Courthouse

Milford, Pennsylvania is the county seat of Pike County. This is a very small borough located on the Delaware River across from New Jersey. The…

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New Report on Fort Sumter Being Threatened With Flooding

  Fort Sumter is subsiding an inch every six to seven years according to Woodwell Climate. The sea level will rise  1.21 ft by 2050…

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90th Pennsylvania Monument at Antietam “A Hot Place”

The 90th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was raised in Philadelphia in September of 1861. The regiment saw it first large-scale combat during the Second Battle of…

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Chambersburg’s Memorial Fountain for Union Troops & “The Burning of Chambersburg”

The women’s groups of Franklin County, Pennsylvania met on Memorial Day in 1868 and agreed they wanted to honor their men for serving in the…

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