The Reconstruction Era

In November of 2024 I photographed George McClellan’s grave at Riverview Cemetery in Trenton, N.J. While there, I found out that another Civil War general…

Well-known historian Douglas Brinkley was writing a biography of Jimmy Carter in 1993 and he met with the former president. He asked him what were…

George McClellan may not have many fans among Civil War buffs, but in Trenton, New Jersey he was a hero, at least during his life….

On December 13, a new marker was unveiled on Route 64 in Plymouth, North Carolina to mark where Confederate troops massacred African Americans. The Civil…

Civil War Talk Radio had an interesting interview recently with Michael Megelish on his new book on Union General Adelbert Ames. Ames was the son-in-law…

In 2023, the National Park Service began construction under the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to transform the space beneath Lincoln’s statue into a museum. We…

Huntington’s Civil War statue, among the best known Civil War monuments on Long Island, was dedicated by the Huntington Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Association on…

Thaddeus Stevens is someone we have all heard about, but not too much. At least until Stephen Spielberg made him the dark hero of his…

Every year the National Park Foundation marks the November 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address when Lincoln dedicated the Gettysburg cemetery. Today the New York Times published…

Last night, the new book James by Percival Everett won the National Book Award for Fiction. The book is a retelling of  Mark Twain’s “Adventures…