National Park Book on Asians and the Civil War Available Free to Read OnLine
The National Park Service book Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War is now free to read online. The book is available to read…
New Project Looks at the University of Pennsylvania’s Connections to Slavery
The Penn & Slavery Project has posted its findings on the University of Pennsylvania’s connections to slavery on a website. According to the report: “Although…
Photo Tour of the White Plains, NY Civil War Soldiers’ Monument
The Civil War Soldiers’ Memorial in White Plains, New York is itself a product of the Reconstruction Era. Erected by the veterans of the war…
Grant Bicentennial Birthday Party Draws Three Hundred in Saratoga NY
More than 300 guests gathered on October 16 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs to celebrate the 200th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant….
Hillsdale College Professor Dismisses Teaching Black History as an Exercise of “Black Privilege”
Until 2016, not many Americans had heard of Hillsdale College. Over the last half-decade the school became famous when it became the leading institution pushing…
Smithsonian’s Freedmen’s Bureau Records Now Searchable and Available OnLine
The Smithsonian’s Freedmen’s Bureau Records are now searchable for free online. Smithsonian has been using volunteers for years transcribing documents from the Freedmen’s Bureau so…
“Slave Bible” on Display in Netherlands: Rewritten to Eliminate Freedom as a Virtue
A Bible used by British missionaries preaching to enslaved people in the Americas is now on display in Utrecht in the Netherlands. The 1807 Bible…
October 17, 1871 Pres. Grant Suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus in Part of South Carolina
On October 17, 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant suspended Habeas Corpus in nine counties in South Carolina. Over the previous year the Ku Klux Klan…
New Podcast Tells the Story of Grant’s Vice President Radical Republican Henry Wilson
A new podcast called Henry Wilson and the Civil War is out focusing on Ulysses S. Grant’s Vice President Henry Wilson. The Massachusetts politician was…
Photo Tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Stamford, Connecticut
As someone has observed, I made many stops this summer to photograph Civil War monuments while I was travelling. These are monuments erected in villages…