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Confederate Catechism
The Confederate Catechism was written by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, the son of President John Tyler. Lyon Tyler was a prominent educator and a well-known critic…
Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue Was Shrouded in this 1905 Illustration
This illustration, “Forrest Again in White Shroud,” was published in the newspaper Memphis Press-Scimitar on April 30, 1905. The illustration appeared just a month before…
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Toms River New Jersey
Toms River is the county seat of Ocean County, New Jersey. The county was only created a decade before the Civil War. The population had…
Thomas Nast Cartoon on the Threat to Black Suffrage from Confederates and Northern Democrats
Thomas Nast was America’s most powerful political cartoonist throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction. A strong supporter of the Republican Party during the 1860s, he…
Queens Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument
While Queens is sometimes described as “the least Civil War monumented borough,” there are several memorials in this part of New York City. One is…
Letter Promoting U.S. Grant to “General of the Armies” Finally Released to the Public
Many of you know that in 2022, during the Bicentennial of Ulysses S. Grant’s birth, many people got behind promoting Grant to the highest rank…
Charles Curie Bust in Paterson NJ
The Charles Curie Bust in Paterson, New Jersey’s Eastside Park is not a figure that many of us could identify, let along tie to the…
Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America by Michael Megelsh
Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America by Michael Megelsh published by Kent State University Press (2024) is an interesting biography…
Five Best Books of the Last Year on Reconstruction
October is National Book Book Month and here are some new volumes that have come out in the last year that really raise standards for…
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