South Bend Museum Opens Exhibit on Grant’s VP Schuyler Colfax
The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana has opened a new permanent exhibit telling the story of Ulysses S. Grant’s vice president Schuyler Colfax. Colfax…
Plymouth Church Brooklyn, Henry Ward Beecher and the Civil War Photo Tour
Although I live on Long Island, I was often in historic Brooklyn to visit Michele. I will be sharing some picture that I took in…
New Yorker on the Fight at the American Historical Association Over President’s Column on Slavery History
New Yorker writer Emma Green has an interesting piece in the New Yorker on the well-publicized article by the president of the American Historical Association…
Phil Sheridan Statue in National Park Dedicated to Stonewall
Philip Sheridan became a national hero during the last two years of the Civil War. A close subordinate of Ulysses S. Grant from the Fall…
Richmond Creating Center on History of Slave Trade at Shockoe Bottom
Richmond, Virginia’s Shockoe Bottom was a center of the slave trade in the United States. Sales of human beings took place there throughout the 19th…
Kansas Gov. Authorizes New Mural Honoring 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment
The State of Kansas authorized the creation of a mural honoring its first Black Civil War regiment. Here is how the Kansas Reflector reported the…
Marker Unveiled Where Frederick Douglass Spoke in Champaign, Illinois
A new historical marker was erected last week in Champaign, Illinois to mark the site where Frederick Douglass spoke in 1869. The famous Abolitionist spoke…
American Refugee Camp in Civil War Kentucky Destroyed: Camp Nelson Catastrophe
The Emancipation Proclamation set off a great migration of black people from plantation slavery to refuge within the lines of the Union army. Tens of…
Graves Found in Williamsburg, Va. Believed to Be Civil War Soldiers
Graves found near the site of Colonial Williamsburg are believed to have been dead from the Battle of Williamsburg, fought in 1862. The Washington Post…
Around the Web March 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
This was a good month for most Civil War and Reconstruction social media, but two of the most reliable podcasts put out nothing new this…