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Echoes of Reconstruction: Challenges for Frederick Douglass Post-War: Black Equality & the Memory of Lee
ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog I sometimes hear comedians joke that Black History Month, celebrated annually in February, is during the shortest month of the year. Rather than being emblematic of a slight, February was chosen … Continue reading
Maine at War: November 2020
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in November at his blog, Maine at War: November 4, 2020: Antietam burial map, part 3: A Maine name stands out Among the 50 Union graves identified on the recently discovered Antietam … Continue reading
Why Rivers Posed Such Problems in the East
I had the privilege of doing a program with my ECW colleague Bert Dunkerly for Richmond National Battlefield today at the Jericho Mills battlefield along the North Anna River. Bert is a ranger at Richmond and was kind enough to … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: Facebook LIVE Along the North Anna
Join ECW historians Bert Dunkerly and Chris Mackowski for a Facebook LIVE history chat from the Jericho Mills battlefield along the North Anna River. Bert is a ranger with Richmond National Battlefield, which is hosting the event, and ECW has … Continue reading
Maine at War: October 2020
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in October at his blog, Maine at War: October 7, 2020: D-Day on the Rappahannock Fifth Maine Infantry soldiers haul their own landing craft to the Rappahannock River shore before participating … Continue reading
Echoes of the Reconstruction Era: The Political Violence of 1868
ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Over the last month I have been researching political violence during the lead-up to the Election of 1868. This is remembered today as the year that Ulysses S. Grant … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs, Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged Echoes of the Reconstruction Era, freedmen's bureau, Horatio Seymour, KKK, Knights of the White Camellia, Ku Klux Klan, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Blog, Ulysses S. Grant, Valvey Veillon, voter suppression
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Maine at War: September 2020
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in September at his blog, Maine at War: September 2, 2020: A hero emerges at Chancellorsville, part 1 Charles Clark leaves school in rural Piscataquis County to join the 6th Maine … Continue reading
Genealogist of Note: Ryan Hendricks
I never particularly cared who my ancestors were, but I have learned to use ancestor.com, fold3, findagrave, etc. in my research. Nevertheless, when someone actually knows about their ancestor who fought in the Civil War, I admit my curiosity is … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Ties to the War
Tagged genealogy, Ryan Hendricks
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Maine at War: August 2020
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in August at his blog, Maine at War: August 5, 2020: Succinct in death, Valentine left a paper trail in life Simple though his head stone might be, Valentine Clewley stewed … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged Brian Swarts, Maine at War, Maine at War August 2020, Valentine Clewley
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Maine at War: July 2020
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in July at his blog, Maine at War: July 1, 2020: Sitting governor runs afoul Republican opponents, part 1 Refusing to kowtow to political shenanigans in his own party, Maine Republican … Continue reading
