Harriet Jacobs Walking Tour
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On Juneteenth (or any day), please join this tour of Harriet Jacobs in Civil War Alexandria that I put together for two special visitors!
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A Conversation with Ted Pulliam, Author of True Tales of Old Alexandria
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Ted Pulliam explained to me how previous research did double-duty in a new book, True Tales of Old Alexandria.
Read MoreWhat's in a Name: Confederate Street Re-naming in Alexandria, Virginia
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Streets named after Confederate generals and others—overdue for a change.
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"For mercy’s sake, don’t let anybody see this letter": Sarah J.C. Whittlesey
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The letters of an Alexandria woman’s letters reveal her interior life.
Read MoreA Conversation with Meg Groeling, Author of First Fallen: The Life of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the North’s First Civil War Hero
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Read about Col. Elmer Ellsworth’s short but eventful life, which ended in a heroic death in Alexandria.
Read MoreMore on Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial
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A bit more background about a recent article I published on a civil rights action—in 1864 Alexandria, Virginia.
Read MoreHarriet Jacobs, Teacher
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Harriet Jacobs started a school in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1864. It wasn’t easy.
Read MoreContraband and Freedmen's Cemetery Memorial
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A presentation by Fran Bromberg about the creation, forgetting, and rededication of the cemetery on South Washington Street
Read MoreSteamboats Across the Potomac
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Fortunately, a much calmer boat ride to Nats Park from the Alexandria waterfront last week than in October 1862.
Read MoreUpon Hearing about the Death of Abraham Lincoln
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Julia Wilbur records what she felt and saw the day after Lincoln's assassination.
Read MoreThanksgiving in Alexandria, 1862
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In 1861, Julia Wilbur celebrated Thanksiving quietly in New York State. The following year was a different story.
Read MoreLost Alexandria
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Lance Mallamo helped a rapt audience "find" some pieces of lost Alexandria.
Read MoreUpdate--Appomattox Statue, Then and Now
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The Confederate veteran has stood on Alexandria's main north-south thoroughfare for more than 100 years. What should happen to it now?
Read MoreQ-and-A with Pamela Toler, author of Heroines of Mercy Street
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Historian and author Pamela Toler posed some questions to me about Julia Wilbur and Civil War Alexandria.
Read MoreCreating & Testing a "Julia Wilbur in Civil War Alexandria" Walking Tour
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I created a Julia Wilbur Walking Tour. Here's how. (And I will do it again, now that I have road-tested it!)
Read MoreEmancipation: A Step into the Unknown
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About 500,000 left slavery during the Civil War. As Chandra Manning's new book details, they took enormous risks in their search for freedom.
Read MoreThe Morning After
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Julia Wilbur records what she felt and saw the day after Lincoln's assassination.
Read MoreMathew Brady's Photographs of Civil War Alexandria
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The story behind 6 Mathew Brady photos of Civil War, Alexandria.
Read MoreThanksgiving in Alexandria, 1862
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In 1861, Julia Wilbur celebrated Thanksiving quietly in New York State. The following year was a different story.
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