The Debate Over Mail-In Voting Dates Back to the Civil War
In 1864, Democrats and Republicans clashed over legislation allowing soldiers to cast their ballots from the front
Charlotte’s Monument to a Jewish Confederate Was Hated Even Before It Was Built
For more than seven decades, the North Carolina memorial has courted controversy in unexpected forms
Why the Houston Museum of African American Culture Is Displaying a Confederate Statue
The institution describes the move, which arrives amid a reckoning on the U.S.’ history of systemic racism, as “part of healing”
National Archives Locates Handwritten Juneteenth Order
On June 19, 1865, the decree informed the people of Texas that enslaved individuals were now free
Forgotten Antietam Battlefield Map Shows Locations of Thousands of Graves
The Union and Confederate soldiers buried at the site of the 1862 clash were later moved to nearby cemeteries
Nearly 2,000 Black Americans Were Lynched During Reconstruction
A new report brings the number of victims of racial terror killings between 1865 and 1950 to almost 6,500
France Seeks Proposals for Memorial to Victims of Slavery
Currently, Paris is home to just one significant monument recognizing the country’s history of enslavement
Christopher Columbus Statues Beheaded, Pulled Down Across America
Protesters in three U.S. cities targeted sculptures of the Italian explorer and colonizer
Confederate Monuments Are Coming Down Across the Country
As protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd continue, statues commemorating controversial historical figures are being removed from U.S. cities
The Last Person to Receive a Civil War Pension Dies at Age 90
Irene Triplett, whose father defected from the Confederate Army and enlisted with the Union, collected $73.13 a month
Parts of Florida Highway Honoring the Confederacy Will Be Renamed in Honor of Harriet Tubman
Miami-Dade County commissioners unanimously approved plans to rename local stretches of Dixie Highway
Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass Honored With Statues in Maryland State House
Both historic figures were born into slavery in Maryland and went on to become key activists in the abolitionist movement
Suspected ‘Witch Bottle’ Full of Nails Found in Virginia
Archaeologists unearthed the blue glass bottle near the hearth of a small fort used during the Civil War
A New Statue in Times Square Challenges the Symbolism of Confederate Monuments
The work by artist Kehinde Wiley will soon be moved to Richmond, Virginia, not far from a street lined with controversial Civil War memorials
The Actress Who Left the Stage to Become a Civil War Spy
Pauline Cushman, now featured in a Smithsonian photography exhibition, unexpectedly found herself spying for the Union after accepting a dare
New Markers in Atlanta Aim to Put Confederate Monuments in Context
The city is installing the historical markers next to four of its most prominent Confederate memorials
The Diaries Left Behind by Confederate Soldiers Reveal the True Role of Enslaved Labor at Gettysburg
Even as some enslaved men escaped North, the retreat by the Army of Northern Virginia would have been disastrous without the support of its camp servants
Judge Rules Charlottesville’s Confederate Statues Are War Monuments
But the legal fight to remove the city’s statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson may not be over
A New Civil War Museum Speaks Truths in the Former Capital of the Confederacy
Against the odds, historian Christy Coleman merged two Richmond institutions, forging a new approach to reconciling with the nation’s bloody past
Why We Need a New Civil War Documentary
The success and brilliance of the new PBS series on Reconstruction is a reminder of the missed opportunity facing the nation
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