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Review: Erik Larson's 'Demon of Unrest' challenges inevitability of the Civil War
The Post and Courier· 5 days agoThe history of the Civil War has been imbued with such a sense of inevitability — “the stars in ...
History Comes Alive
The Post-Journal· 4 days agoMembers of the Ninth New York Cavalry Regiment struck camp, and uncased the unit’s colors, signifying the unit’s occupation of
Pentagon Barracks was former Baton Rouge military post, visited by famous American leaders
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWar and the Battle of New Orleans between 1813 and 1815. The nomination form said barracks were...
What If Reconstruction Didn’t End Till 1920?
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRather than start Reconstruction with the end of the Civil War, as historians often do, Sinha argues ...
Forget Free Trade. Biden’s Use of Tariffs Follows a Long History in the U.S.
Barrons.com· 3 days agoLincoln backed the Morrill Tariff of 1861, targeting British imports, and it split the American...
A push to mark the buried history of ‘harrowing’ slave prisons near Busch Stadium
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 23 hours agoThousands of people were once held in underground slave prisons in St. Louis, where Busch Stadium...
Your Hometown: A return to Natchez
WJTV Jackson· 3 hours agoNATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) – The City of Natchez is rich with history. One place where you can learn about the history of the city is < ...
Kale on Books: Recent bestsellers are worth readers’ attention
Daily Press· 1 day agoGoodwin won the Pulitzer Prize for an early volume, “No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor...
Did you know Alexandria was once part of the District of Columbia?
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 7 days agoIn 1791, Alexandria was ceded to the federal government to become a part of the newly formed...
Work begins on Soldiers Monument in Delhi
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJun. 10—Long-awaited work on rehabilitating the Soldiers Monument on Delhi's Courthouse Square began Monday, June 10. Employees from Lupini Construction of Utica, were busy ...
