Chris Mackowski Speaks on U.S. Grant at Vicksburg and Chattanooga April 4 in Brunswick County N.C.
On April 4, 2023 Chris Mackowski will speak at the Brunswick County, North Carolina Civil War Round Table on “Grant’s Next Chapter: Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and…
Reconstruction Across the National Park Service Event April 18, 2023
On April 18, 2023, a program will be presented at Reconstruction Era National Historical Park on the Reconstruction stories at other National Park sites. The…
The Colfax Massacre in History and Memory Event April 12, 2023
On April 12, 2023 Reconstruction Era National Park is offering a Ranger Talk on the Colfax Massacre of 1873. Here is the National Park Service…
Breathing Democracy Into Spaces: The 1st South Carolina Volunteers of African Descent Event April 8, 2023
The University of South Carolina Beaufort’s (USCB) Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era is offering a free program on April 8, 2023 on…
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site Wins Award for Excellence in National Park Service History
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Missouri was honored last week in Los Angeles with the Stanton-Horton Award for Excellence in National Park Service…
NPS Awards $4.5 Million to Acquire 200 Acres of Civil War Battlefields in Virginia
The National Park Service has granted $4.5 million in Battlefield Land Acquisition grants to preserve two Civil War battlefields in Virginia. The grants will provide…
Gravesite of Adam Badeau Ulysses S. Grant’s Aide in Sleepy Hollow N.Y.
Adam Badeau was born on December 29, 1831 in New York City. He grew up in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow along the banks of the…
New Republic Reviews “I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction”
Kidada Williams’s new book I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction is getting reviewed widely. Here are excerpts…
New Civil War Trails Marker in Goldsboro, N.C. on 135th USCT
The City of Goldsboro, North Carolina celebrated the 158th Anniversary of its men taking up arms to free North Carolina from the Confederacy during the…
Gilder Lehrman 2023 Lincoln Prize Awarded to Two Books on Lincoln During Civil War
The Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize is among the most prestigious awards in the scholarship of the Civil War. The prize includes a purse of $50,000….