David Blight Tries to Answer the Question of Whether the Civil War Was Inevitable
David Blight, the Yale historian who has been a leading interpreter of the Civil War Era for more than a quarter century, has an extended…
Abe Lincoln and Frederick Douglass Statues Photo Tour National Harbor, Maryland
Last week I attended a conference at National Harbor in Maryland, just a few miles from Washington, D.C. It is a popular Holiday Season destination…
Washington Post Gives Background on “Whipped Peter” of New Film “Emancipation”
Today’s Washington Post gave some interesting background on the new Will Smith film Emancipation. The Washington Post movie reviewer gave the film a largely negative…
Civil War Books & Authors Names Best Book of 2022
The blog Civil War Books and Authors announced its 2022 Top Ten Books List this week. Here are the picks. Head over to the blog…
Fort Foote: A Key Defense of Washington D.C. Photo Tour
I recently attended a conference at National Harbor in Maryland, which gave me the opportunity to visit Fort Foote. This fort was built during the…
Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life by Elizabeth D. Leonard
Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life by Elizabeth D. Leonard Published by University of North Carolina Press (2022) One of the Civil War social…
In 1870 Ulysses S. Grant Made Christmas a National Holiday
Christmas had a varied history in colonial America. While many settlers celebrated it, from the Dutch in New York to British in Virginian, it was…
The Bestselling Civil War Books of 2022
The Civil War Monitor has published its annual Best Seller List of the top-selling books on the American Civil War Era according to NPD Bookscan….
Photo Tour of NYU’s Outdoor Exhibit of the Black Soldiers of the USCT and Their Families
The Kimmel Windows Gallery at New York University has a new exhibit; The Black Civil War Soldier, that is on view until Feb. 28, 2023 along LaGuardia…
Civil War Monitor Publishes Its “Best Civil War Books of 2022” List
Every year the respected history magazine Civil War Monitor publishes its “Best Civil War Books” of the Year list. You can read the whole list…