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Civil War Institute: Gettysburg’s 50th Anniversary Reunion of Blue and Gray with Thomas Flagel

Thomas R. Flagel is associate professor of history at Columbia State Community College in Tennessee. At his lecture at the Civil War Institute last weekend…

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Southold N.Y. Civil War Monument Photo Tour on Long Island’s North Fork

Southold is a developing town on Long Island’s hopping North Fork. Five decades ago it was a rarely visited remote rural community. Today, that is…

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Civil War Institute Podcast: John Pope & the Massacre of the Sioux

Cecily N. Zander is a historian at Texas Woman’s University. She spoke at the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg last weekend describing General Pope’s attacks…

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Civil War Institute: Interpreting Race at Battlefields and Historic Sites

The Civil War Institute did breakout sessions and one that I went to had National Park Service personnel and the director of a site in…

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Podcast: Ron White on Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

I was at the Civil War Institute over the weekend in Gettysburg. There was recording of some of the events. Here is the podcast recording…

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Civil War Institute: Lincoln & Immigration with Harold Holzer

Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer is one of the most talked-about Civil War books of 2024. Here…

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Civil War Institute: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Beyond Little Round Top With Ron White

On the first day of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College Ron White was one of the featured speakers. He is very well known…

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Civil War Institute: General Benjamin Butler Challenged the Elite of New England and the Nation

I am at the Civil War Institute in Gettysburg this weekend. I’ll try to give a little look at what is going on here. There…

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Northfield Cemetery Stamford, Connecticut

Northfield Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut has some of the oldest graves in that city. Begun as a formal cemetery in 1787, there are burials there…

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Harriet Tubman Statue in Beaufort, S.C. Unveiled Honoring Her Role in Civil War

A new statue of Harriet Tubman has been unveiled in Beaufort, South Carolina for her role in the Combahee River Raid that freed 700 South…

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