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Coffee in the Civil War
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Ashley Webb. If you’re like me, every morning, I wake up and have a cup of coffee (or two or three). Coffee was also an essential part of a Civil War...
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Civil War Trails: Connecting the Dots
Photograph showing a Union army guard and other men in front of a building designated Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, at 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. Before that, the premises were owned...
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Site of Stonewall Jackson’s Death Gets New Name
A subtle but important change is underway at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (FSNMP): the site where Stonewall Jackson died is getting renamed. The building formerly known as the...
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Questions of Secession (part four)
Andrew Jackson part four of five I’ve been chatting about secession lately with historian Nathan Hall of Richmond National Battlefield Park. Nathan has been studying the topic deeply for many years and...
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The Bust of Grant and the Indiscriminate Destruction of Monuments
Grant’s bust in San Francisco, toppled. The “Stop” in the street beneath Grant could not be a more appropriate message. (photo: Twitter/Joe Rivano Barros) For some people, Ulysses S. Grant’s monument...
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The Secession of Mississippi
Andrew Jackson January 9, 2020, is the 160th anniversary of the secession of Mississippi Named for war hero Andrew Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi, was founded in 1821 at the intersection of the Natchez...
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Memorials and Memory on a French Quarter Dog Walk
Mouton looking over Jackson Square from Washington Artillery Park. My wife and I, along with our spunky mutt Mouton (named after General Jean-Jacques-Alfred- Alexandre Mouton), spent the week before...
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Micaela Almonester, Andrew Jackson, and Myths
History will always be reinterpreted. Sometimes the change comes from new information being discovered or more commonly, rediscovered. Yet, there is another deeper reason. Every age needs new myths and...
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Book Review: Building a House Divided: Slavery, Westward Expansion, and the...
Building a House Divided: Slavery, Westward Expansion, and the Roots of the Civil War. By Stephen G. Hyslop. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2023. Hardcover, 319 pp. $32.95. Reviewed by...
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Book Review: America’s Unending Civil War: The Enduring Conflict from...
America’s Unending Civil War: The Enduring Conflict from Jamestown through to Recent Elections. By William R. Nester. Philadelphia: Frontline Books, 2024. Hardcover, 272 pp. $21.63. Reviewed by Evan...
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