Posted in Civil War Lost Cause

NY Times on Gettysburg’s “Lost Cause Problem”

For the 161st  Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg the New York Times published an opinion piece today on Gettysburg and the Lost Cause. Simon…

Continue Reading NY Times on Gettysburg’s “Lost Cause Problem”
Posted in Civil War

Two Union Soldiers from the “Great Locomotive Chase” Will Receive Medal of Honor July 3, 2024

Two Union soldiers involved in the stealing of a locomotive behind Confederate lines on April 12, 1862 will be given a posthumous Medal of Honor…

Continue Reading Two Union Soldiers from the “Great Locomotive Chase” Will Receive Medal of Honor July 3, 2024
Posted in Religion Slavery

Kentuckian Episcopalians Ask Church to Denounce Civil War Leader Rev. James Craik

Rev. James Craik was an important figure in the Episcopal church in the United States at the time of the Civil War. He was an…

Continue Reading Kentuckian Episcopalians Ask Church to Denounce Civil War Leader Rev. James Craik
Posted in Civil War Podcast Podcasts

Ronald White on Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at the Civil War Institute Podcast

Ronald C White spoke on Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at the Civil War Institute. He recently published his new book “On Great Fields: The Life and…

Continue Reading Ronald White on Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at the Civil War Institute Podcast
Posted in Civil War Monuments Places to Visit Women and Gender

Newly Erected Clara Barton Statue Hagerstown Maryland

Anyone who knows about the Battles of Gettysburg or Antietam has heard of Hagerstown, Maryland but I wonder how many “Civil War Tourists” have stopped…

Continue Reading Newly Erected Clara Barton Statue Hagerstown Maryland
Posted in Book Reviews Foreign Policy

The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World by Don Doyle

The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World by Don Doyle published by Princeton University Press (2024) Don Doyle’s new book…

Continue Reading The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World by Don Doyle
Posted in Places to Visit

NPS Announces Seven New Sites Added to Reconstruction Era National Historic Network

The National Park Service announced this month the addition of seven new sites to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. “This national network connects sites…

Continue Reading NPS Announces Seven New Sites Added to Reconstruction Era National Historic Network
Posted in Civil War Podcast Podcasts

Civil War Institute: Did Civil War Soldiers Hide the Real War? Podcast

Walt Whitman said that the real war would never get in the books. This panel of historians confronts the primary sources of the Civil War,…

Continue Reading Civil War Institute: Did Civil War Soldiers Hide the Real War? Podcast
Posted in Civil War Monuments Places to Visit

West Point Foundry at Cold Spring New York Where the Parrott Gun Was Developed

In 2013 the new West Point Foundry Preserve opened in Cold Spring, New York right next to the Hudson River. Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects designed…

Continue Reading West Point Foundry at Cold Spring New York Where the Parrott Gun Was Developed
Posted in Civil War Immigrants

Civil War Institute: Irish in the Civil War with Ryan Keating

Ryan Keating lectured on Irish in the American Civil War during the Civil War Institute. Keating is a professor of history at California State University…

Continue Reading Civil War Institute: Irish in the Civil War with Ryan Keating