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Second Bull Run’s Oldest Monument

People viewing this week’s monument might think they recognize it as the First Bull Run monument, but they would be wrong. This is the Second…

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Posted in Civil War Veterans

A Union Soldier Recounts His First Passover in the Army Under Rutherford B. Hayes

Joseph A. Joel, a Jewish Union soldier, recounted his Civil War celebration of Passover in “The Jewish Messenger“ in April 1866. I saw this referred…

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Posted in Civil War Monuments Places to Visit

The Original Monument to the First Bull Run

Now that the Spring has sprung, I am going to take you to some monuments away from the cities. I went to a conference at…

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Posted in Civil War Emancipation Proclamation

John Hennessy on the Impact of the Second Bull Run Campaign on Emancipation & Black Freedom

On April 20, I attended the University of Virginia Signature Conference on the Second Bull Run in Charlottesville, Virginia. I have already posted on Gary…

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Posted in Civil War

How Did the Second Bull Run Change Confederate Views of the Civil War According to Gary Gallagher

This weekend I went down to Charlottesville, Virginia from my Long Island home to hear some nationally recognized experts talk about the Second Bull Run,…

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Posted in Civil War Jim Crow Lost Cause

“The Lost Cause” As Part of Early Confederate Iconography & Counter-Iconography

In 2023, the Department of Defense removed the Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery. Inscribed on the monument are the words “Vitrix causa diis placuit…

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Posted in Lincoln Monuments Places to Visit

Abraham Lincoln Statue at New-York Historical Society

One of the most photographed statues of Abraham Lincoln is the recently erected Lincoln at the New York Historical Society. While it is frequently photographed…

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Posted in Slavery

Podcast on Attempt to Create an Underground Railroad Video Game in 1993

The podcast Decoder Ring has an interesting and troubling story about the attempt to create a video game about the Underground Railroad. This was not…

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Posted in Lincoln

NY Times on Why Lincoln’s Assassination Has Been So Rarely Reenacted at Ford’s Theater

Rebecca Ritzel has a new article in the New York Times on why movies don’t show Lincoln’s Assassination filmed in Ford’s Theater. Are are some…

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Posted in Abolitionists Frederick Douglass Memory of Reconstruction Monuments Places to Visit Slavery

Frederick Douglass Statue at New-York Historical Society

Frederick Douglass stands at the top of a stair leading into the New-York Historical Society. The statue was installed in 2011 just as the United…

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