The ballad “The Irish Volunteer,” written and performed by Irish-American Joe English and published in 1864, tells the story of an Irish rebel’s son who…
W. asked Corning [candidate for the pulpit of the Unitarian church on Benson street]: “And what may be the subject of your sermon tomorrow?” “My…
The Mexican War, though only two years long, weighs heavily among the direct causes of the American Civil War. The new territories won by the…
A line in Walt Whitman’s poem (today known as) “I Sing the Body Electric” appeared only in the first (untitled) 1855 edition: Framers bare-armed framing…
My New York Times Disunion article The Iron Brigade was posted today. The Brigade caught my attention when I was researching my Wisconsin ancestors. I…
I’m honored that my article on Fredericksburg National Cemetery is the Memorial Day feature for The New York Times Disunion column. The source of the Walt Whitman quotes…