Book on Alabama County’s Resistance to Federal Gov Before, During, and After Civil War Wins History Pulitzer
“Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power,” by Jefferson Cowie was awarded the History Pulitzer yesterday. The book tells the story of…
Series on How Confederate Heritage Impacts Alabama Wins Pulitzer Prize
Kyle Whitmire of AL.com in Birmingham, Alabama has won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his excellent series on the impact of Confederate heritage on…
Civil War Era Hospital and Cemetery Discovered Underwater In Gulf of Mexico
Joshua Marano, a maritime archaeologist with the National Park Service, observed an unusual pattern in the water when he was flying over the Gulf of…
Pennsylvania Post Office Renamed for Union Veteran Andrew Gomer Williams
The Butler, Pa. Post Office, located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, was renamed this week in honor of local Civil War veteran Andrew…
Chart Shows Chronology of Lynchings of Blacks in Virginia After the Civil War
New data visualization from the Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia project of James Madison University helps to illustrate chronological patterns in the lynchings of Blacks….
Sullivan County Civil War Monument in New York’s Catskills
The Sullivan County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial in Monticello, New York was erected in 1885. Men from Sullivan County joined a number of regiments from…
Around the Web May 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Substack Kevin Levin has been a history teacher most of his life. He has an interesting take on the recent failures of the history 8th…
Can We Call Harriet Beecher Stowe an Abolitionist?
I have visited the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe in Hartford and read Uncle Tom’s Cabin. I have even seen the stained glass likeness of…
What Was the Impact of Emancipation on the Children of Slaveowners?
Here is an economics report released as a Twitter Storm on the impact of Emancipation and Reconstruction on the children of the slaveholding elite in…
Recovering the Voices of Enslaved Women in Song
New songs from the days of slavery. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-these-four-banjo-playing-women-resurrected-songs-enslaved-180971926/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2fJ9UAkvs4cWJfRhUagwoC5akxF2iE5UMNth379x071fUdUKpvyKSU0hE