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Posted in Civil War Immigrants Immigrants' Civil War

The Swedish Immigrant Who Saved the U.S. Navy

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: January 6, 2026

Posted on March 2, 2012 on The Immigrants Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger On March 8, 1862, a massive Confederate ship, clad in…

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Posted in Civil War Places to Visit

Bushwick Inlet The Site Where The Monitor Was Built

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: March 7, 2023  3 Comments on Bushwick Inlet The Site Where The Monitor Was Built

Many students of the Civil War who know that that famous ironclad Monitor was built in Brooklyn, assume that it was built at the Brooklyn…

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Posted in Monuments Places to Visit

John Ericsson Monument Battery Park NYC Photo Tour

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: February 5, 2023  2 Comments on John Ericsson Monument Battery Park NYC Photo Tour

We all know that the Bronx is Up and the Battery’s Down…but did you know that one of the most vivid Civil War monuments is…

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Posted in Civil War Slavery USCT

NY Times Obituary of an Enslaved North Carolinian Who Escaped Slavery Joined the Navy & and Went on to Success in Reconstruction

 Author: admin  Published Date: October 26, 2022

Over the last year the New York Times has been publishing obituaries of people who died a long time ago. These are men and women…

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