Second Bull Run’s Oldest Monument
People viewing this week’s monument might think they recognize it as the First Bull Run monument, but they would be wrong. This is the Second…
Three Civil War Era Books Win Pulitzer Prize Today
Three books were awarded the Pulitzer Prize today that had to do with the Civil War, the Antebellum, and Reconstruction, one each in History, Biography,…
Boston Sphinx Memorializes the Union Dead of the Civil War & Slavery’s End
Mount Auburn Cemetery was one of the first “Rural Cemeteries” in the United States. Cemeteries before the 19th Century were adjoining churches or on available…
The Love Letters of Thomas Jefferson Withers to James Henry Hammond Future Governor of South Carolina
The letters of Thomas Jefferson Withers to James Hammond are a source for finding out the attitudes of elite Southern men before the Civil War….
WashPo Reviews Erik Larson’s “The Demon of Unrest” About the Firing on Ft Sumter
The Washington Post reviews Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil…
The Original Monument to the First Bull Run
Now that the Spring has sprung, I am going to take you to some monuments away from the cities. I went to a conference at…
New York State Awards $500,000 to Develop Underground Railroad Corridor
New York State has announced that it is giving out a grant to the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State to start developing a…
A Union Soldier Recounts His First Passover in the Army Under Rutherford B. Hayes
Joseph A. Joel, a Jewish Union soldier, recounted his Civil War celebration of Passover in “The Jewish Messenger“ in April 1866. I saw this referred…
John Hennessy on the Impact of the Second Bull Run Campaign on Emancipation & Black Freedom
On April 20, I attended the University of Virginia Signature Conference on the Second Bull Run in Charlottesville, Virginia. I have already posted on Gary…
How Did the Second Bull Run Change Confederate Views of the Civil War According to Gary Gallagher
This weekend I went down to Charlottesville, Virginia from my Long Island home to hear some nationally recognized experts talk about the Second Bull Run,…