Nineteenth century events including the American Civil War, the Barbary Wars, the California gold rush, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad are written about in these blogs.
Regular Blogs
The posts about slavery in the American Colonies and the nation once it was created are about such things as what a slave ship was like and copies of advertisements for slave auctions and rewards for capturing runaway slaves.
http://lilmisshistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Slavery
A woman with a passion about the Victorian era writes about the era and living in it with numerous photographs and topics including fashion, architecture, interior decorating, and food.
http://victorianaladylisa.blogspot.com/
Amtrak: A History of America’s Railroad
Presents tidbits about Amtrak's history as the leading passenger train, with service across the nation. Contains photographs and details which are bound to interest the reader.
http://history.amtrak.com/blogs/blog
Presents details about America's first war, the Barbary Wars, and particularly focuses on Tobias Lear and William Eaton. Lear was President Thomas Jefferson's peace envoy in the Mediterranean during the wars and was responsible for negotiating the peace which ended the first war, while Eaton was both an army officer and a diplomat in the wars.
http://barbarywars.wordpress.com/
The topic of this blog is centered on the railroad lines of Big Bend and Columbia Plateau, through photographs, old newspaper clippings, and written narratives.
http://www.sdp45.blogspot.com
Christopher T. George’s War of 1812 Blog
Author, historian, and transplanted Brit Christopher T. George recounts the facts of his 20-year long research on the War of 1812 and shares information about symposia and other events meant for those who are avid fans of that era.
http://chrisgeorgewarof1812.blogspot.com
Offers Civil War book reviews and profiles of authors on a very regular basis. The reviews give insight and perspective into the war, while also reviewing the books themselves.
http://cwba.blogspot.com/
A history buff posts about the Civil War, the Union Army, and other assorted topics, many of which are about history, but many of which are about life in general.
http://cwbn.blogspot.com/
Among other topics, this blogger discusses the Napoleonic War and Napoleon himself, as well as Waterloo, and key people involved in the war.
http://dalyhistory.wordpress.com/category/napoleonic-war/
Did I Misplace My Pince-Nez Again?
A history researcher in the Netherland who specializes in the nineteenth century shares interesting and unusual facts and other information which does not fit into her research but is too good not to share.
http://19thcentury.wordpress.com
The blogger writes about the history of slavery as a result of her interest in finding out how it all started. She lays out the background, different types of slavery, and the end of slavery in America.
http://historyofslavery.blogspot.com
Run by a Ph.D. whose doctorate is in historical studies writes for this blog, the topic of which is Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. He presents such topics as the Fugitive Slave Act and the discovery of Lincoln's fingerprints.
http://www.lincolnstudies.com/
Military History Blog: Napoleonic Wars
Online since 2005, this weblog is a treasure trove of information about any and all wars, with a hefty section about the Napoleonic Wars. It contains reviews of books and historiographies of the wars as well as details about upcoming publications and documentaries.
http://militaryhistoryblog.wordpress.com/category/napoleonic-wars/
Contains history and tidbits of the California gold rush, written by a man who links together the events and entities which came from that boom and which went on to the success of America.
http://mygoldrushtales.com/
The author of this weblog says she has been obsessed with Napoleon Bonaparte for more than twenty years, and that obsession has manifested in this blog, which chronicles her trips to France and other places in search of Napoleonic art and artifacts.
http://mynapoleonobsession.blogspot.com/
Not So Forgotten: The War of 1812
Created in order to mar the anniversary of the War of 1812, this weblog contains timelines and details of every battle fought during the War of 1812.
http://warof1812bicentennialblog.blogspot.com
The main focus of this blog, though there are a few, is history, and particularly the Civil War and the surrounding era.
http://oldvirginiablog.blogspot.com/
Rantings of a Civil War Historian
A practicing attorney and Civil War historian located in central Ohio writes about the War Between the States in his books as well as his blog. The focus is on the Union cavalry operations in the Eastern Theater, which included Gettysburg.
http://civilwarcavalry.com/
This weblog centers on the lives and deaths of the men on the USS Intrepid, an American ketch which was captured during the First Barbary War. It also includes other ships, plans, and attacks in Tripoli and patriots who fought in different eras such as John Paul Jones.
http://remembertheintrepid.blogspot.com/
The purpose of this weblog is to compare American slavery to Roman slavery, hence much of the material here is about the 1800s, when the abolitionist movement was peaking and slavery was finally declared illegal.
http://romanandamericanslavery.wordpress.com/
Focuses on General Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign of 1862, which the general fought more to try to demoralize the northerners than to win the campaign, as it was a long shot from the beginning.
http://southfromthenorthwoods.blogspot.com/
Serving as a resource about Abraham Lincoln, this web log seeks to delve into all aspects of his life, death, and legacy as well as a few more current events as they apply to Lincoln.
http://abrahamlincolnblog.blogspot.com/
The Battle of Gettysburg & The American Civil War
This now-defunct but still interesting weblog focuses on the less "pretty" side of the Civil War, frequently pointing out the brutality and savagery of war in general and the Civil War particularly.
http://gettysburg-acw.blogspot.com/
The Boer War: First Holocaust of the 20th Century
Outlines and details the Second Boer War, which the author contends is the first genocidal war -- or, as she says, the first holocaust -- of the 20th century. She goes into great detail.
http://thefirstholocaustofthe20thcentury.blogspot.com
The Order of Civil War Obsessively Compulsed
Contains all things regarding the Civil War, written by well-informed amateur historians who admit to being obsessed by the War Between the States.
http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/
The Second Boer War: Causes and Consequences
Examines the causes and results of the Second Boer War on South Africa and other countries. It also shows how these wars played a part in the eventual South African State, the South African Union, and the South African Republic.
http://secondboerwarlille3.blogspot.com
The focus of this weblog is on the people, customs, and events of the Victorian Era, with stories of the ties, illustrations, and cartoons from the Victorian Era.
http://thevictorianist.blogspot.com
Using photographs, illustrations, and videos as well as regular essays and blog postings, this weblog traces the roots of slavery from the days of the colonists. It also lists the Presidents who owned slaves, and how many they owned.
http://usslave.blogspot.com
Shares plays, poems, social essays, and novels which are from the Victorian era as well as American, Russian, and French works from that era.
http://victoriancircle.blogspot.com
Shares background and information about the fashion of the Victorian Era, Queen Victoria herself, and abundant details about the era's fashion.
http://victorianeracnr.blogspot.com
This weblog has a category dedicated to New Madrid earthquakes and has items comparing California and New Madrid faults, among other things.
http://vidrebel.wordpress.com/?s=new+madrid
