Articles by Ernest B. Furgurson

About Ernest B. Furgurson

Ernest B. Furgurson is the author of Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War and Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War, plus other books about war and politics.

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February 10, 2016

Dig Into the Nuclear Era's Homegrown Fallout Shelters

The Renwick Reopens November 4, 2015

The Renwick: Finally The Gem It Was Meant to Be

October 8, 2015

Alexander Gardner Saw Himself as an Artist, Crafting the Image of War in All Its Brutality

September 17, 2015

Global Diplomacy Was in Theodore Roosevelt's Hands, But His Daughter Stole the Show

July 27, 2015

The Entertaining Saga of the Worst Crook in Colonial America

April 30, 2015

The Huey Defined America's Presence in Vietnam, Even to the Bitter End

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln April 11, 2015

A Host of Relics from Lincoln's Last Days All Came to Reside at the Smithsonian

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln March 23, 2015

This is the Carriage That Took Lincoln on his Fateful Trip to Ford's Theatre

February 11, 2015

How the Backwater Town of Washington, D.C. Became the Beacon of a Nation

The Civil War August 2011

The Battle of Bull Run: The End of Illusions