October 17, 1871 Pres. Grant Suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus in Part of South Carolina
On October 17, 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant suspended Habeas Corpus in nine counties in South Carolina. Over the previous year the Ku Klux Klan…
New Podcast Tells the Story of Grant’s Vice President Radical Republican Henry Wilson
A new podcast called Henry Wilson and the Civil War is out focusing on Ulysses S. Grant’s Vice President Henry Wilson. The Massachusetts politician was…
Photo Tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Stamford, Connecticut
As someone has observed, I made many stops this summer to photograph Civil War monuments while I was travelling. These are monuments erected in villages…
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman Making Series on Richmond Civil War Spy Ring
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman are teaming up to make a new spy drama set in Civil War Richmond. Costner told reporters that the six-hour…
Reconstruction National Park Ranger Chris Barr Video on Harriet Tubman in South Carolina During Civil War
Harriet Tubman went to Beaufort South Carolina during the Civil War to help the Union cause and end slavery. Well-known National Park Service Ranger Chris…
Smithsonian Increasing Focus on Research Into Slavery in America and Worldwide
I first visited the Smithsonian around 1971 with my class from St. Brigid’s Elementary School in Westbury, New York. I loved it because I loved…
Commemoration of John Brown’s Raid to be Held at Harpers Ferry Oct. 15 & 16, 2022
One of the most important blows against slavery before the Civil War was John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry. A commemoration will be held there…
Community Meets to Discuss New Civil War & Reconstruction Museum in North Carolina
The Fayetteville Observer reports on a community meeting Tuesday on the new North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction. The museum…
Eric Foner on the Life of Southern Historian C. Vann Woodward Who Helped Change How We View the Civil War and Reconstruction
Eric Foner has an in-depth review of a new book on one of the most important 20th Century historians of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and…
Jubal Early Explains the Biblical Justification of the Confederate Labor System
Recently I spent more than 4,000 words Confederate general Jubal Early’s explanation of the causes of the Civil War, which were, according to Early, slavery…
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