Chicago's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop
/Watch my conversation with Bjorn Skaptason on Author's Voice at Chicago's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.
Read MoreBlogging about abolitionist Julia Wilbur, the Civil War, Alexandria, women's rights, and more
Watch my conversation with Bjorn Skaptason on Author's Voice at Chicago's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.
Read MoreAnna Lynch (1925-2017), much loved and respected, honored at the Lyceum on September 23.
Read MoreFew first-person accounts by USCT are known, which is why the diary of Sgt. Major Christian Fleetwood caught my interest.
Read Morei got to volunteer at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities' booth at the National Book Festival.
Read MoreMeredith Barber on the history of the Athenaeum building in Old Town Alexandria.
Read MorePoint Lookout's location marked it for many things during the Civil War, including a large Confederate POW camp.
Read MoreThe Confederate veteran has stood on Alexandria's main north-south thoroughfare for more than 100 years. What should happen to it now?
Read MoreJulia Wilbur found an eclipse had a "baleful" effect on her mood.
Read MoreA trip along the Harriet Tubman Byway is a good reminder of injustice and bravery.
Read MoreA visit to the Thomas Stone Historic Site and Port Tobacco on a summer Saturday.
Read MoreHow to choose 8 people to recognize at the base of a monument to honor emancipation and freedom? With difficulty.
Read MoreHistorian and author Pamela Toler posed some questions to me about Julia Wilbur and Civil War Alexandria.
Read MoreFrom a variety of primary sources, and from Mount Vernon to the Far West and back again.
Read MoreAmong Susan Ireland's investments was the building where Clara Barton lived in the 1860s. But how did Ireland get her money, and how could she invest as a woman in that era?
Read MoreCheck out four costumes used on the PBS series Mercy Street--worn by Alice Green, Emma Green, Mary Phinney, and Jed Foster.
Read MoreJulia Wilbur does New York City--early July 1863. I follow her footsteps--late June 2017.
Read MoreMore than 200 pieces of an 18th century ship, each triple-wrapped and on its way to Texas A&M for conservation. A good event in Alexandria, the day after the shootings at Simpson Field.
Read MoreNotes from a talk about Theodore Roosevelt Island by NPS expert Brad Krueger, who also spurred my visit there last weekend.
Read MoreA Maine woman made life less miserable for thousands of soldiers in Alexandria, VA.
Read MorePaula Tarnapol Whitacre's website with a focus on her forthcoming biography on abolitionist Julia Wilbur.