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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…
Monument to Ironclad Monitor in Greenpoint Brooklyn Photo Tour
Msgr. McGolrick Park in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood is a popular local greenspace and playground, but it is little known to people living outside the community’s…
Massive NY Rally for Blair & Seymour and Against Negro Dominance October 6, 1868
If you have ever wondered what a mass rally for a presidential candidate was like in the 1860s, this list of the massive Democratic parade…
New York City City Hall Civil War Photo Tour-Recruiting and Training the Soldier
Note: This page under construction. Expected completion is Feb. 16, 2023. This well-known drawing shows a recruiting station in City Hall Park in 1864….
Flushing Queens Monument, Town Hall and Armory
I was recently in Flushing, Queens in the City of New York for a meeting. I spent many enjoyable evenings in Flushing over the years…
Soldiers’ Depot Hospital Manhattan
All color photos taken by Pat Young. To see more sites Pat visited CLICK HERE
Horace Greeley Monument NY City Hall Photo Tour
Note: This page is under construction. The Horace Greeley Monument in New York City’s City Hall Park, was originally dedicated on September 20, 1890 directly…
Gallery of Photos of United States Colored Troops & Civil War Era African Americans On Display in Manhattan
The Kimmel Windows Gallery at New York University is opening a new exhibit; The Black Civil War Soldier on Oct. 13 and on view until…
Free African American Weeksville Community in Brooklyn Photo Tour
Weeksville was a free Black community established in Brooklyn before the Civil War. In the 1850s the community had 500 people living in it, about…