Civil War

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• SOURCE: Letters from an American
  2/23/20
  

  Has America Ever Been in Such a Crisis Before? Yes, Three Times

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  A lot of folks have been asking me lately if America has ever been in such a crisis before and, if so, what people in the past did to save democracy. The answer to the first question is yes, it has, three times.

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• SOURCE: Journal of the Civil War Era
  2/21/20
  

  How to Build a Winning Coalition: What Today's Democrats Can Learn from Pennsylvania's Republicans in 1860

  by Daniel W. Crofts

  The Republican Party’s rise to power between 1854 and 1860 contains lessons that remain pertinent.

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• SOURCE: Miami Herald
  2/19/20
  

  Harriet Tubman Highway approved in Miami-Dade, replacing ‘Dixie’ over Civil War legacy

  Miami-Dade commissioners unanimously approved renaming the county’s “Dixie” highways after Harriet Tubman.

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• SOURCE: Time
  2/11/20
  

  The Civil War Wasn't Just About the Union and the Confederacy. Native Americans Played a Role Too

  by Megan Kate Nelson

  “Inasmuch as bloody [conflicts] were the order of the day in those times,” their report read, “it is easy to see that each comet was the harbinger of a fearful and devastating war.”

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  1/30/20
  

  Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too

  by Robert Gudmestad

  The evidence for this unconventional war is hidden in the shadows of the archives. Bits and pieces of information are littered throughout the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, materials in the National Archives, collections of sailors’ letters and diaries, and post-war accounts.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/24/20
  

  A Civil War-era ‘witch bottle’ may have been found on a Virginia highway, archaeologists say

  Witch bottles can be traced to the East Anglia region of England in the late Middle Ages.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  1/15/20
  

  Nigeria Is Haunted by Its Civil War

  by Max Siollun

  The conflict’s legacy continues to hold the country captive, half a century later.

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• SOURCE: YouGov
  1/13/20
  

  What the Confederate flag means in America today

  New study reveals stark divides on how Americans think about the Confederate flag. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  1/9/20
  

  It’s 1856 All Over Again

  by Steve Inskeep

  Immigration. Race. Demographic change. Political demagogy. That year’s presidential race had it all. What can it tell us about 2020?

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• 1/5/20
  

  A Civil War Heirloom, Ancestry.com, and the Importance of Tracing Our Family's Historical Roots

  by James Ottavio Castagnera

   Retracing of the tap root of what made each of us an American can be a profound reminder of why we must put our democratic republic ahead of transient sectarian differences and deal with tomorrow’s existential challenges as, collectively, the American constitutional democracy.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  12/9/19
  

  Civil War Soldiers Used Hair Dye to Make Themselves Look Better in Pictures, Archaeologists Discover

  Researchers have uncovered evidence indicating that Civil War soldiers dyed their hair to look better in photos.

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• SOURCE: AP
  12/11/19
  

  Monumental statue of black man defies Confederate monuments

  A massive bronze sculpture of a young black man with dreadlocks astride a muscular horse was permanently installed Tuesday in Virginia’s capital city, not far from one of the country’s most prominent displays of Confederate monuments. 

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• 12/8/19
  

  The Capital City and the Civil War

  by S.C. Gwynne

  In the winter of 1863–64, Washington was the most heavily defended city on earth.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  November 14, 2019
  

  James Robertson Jr, Civil War Historian, dies at 89

  by Daniel Slotnik

  In memoriam of legendary Civil War historian James I. Robertson Jr.

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• 11/17/19
  

  Robert E. Lee Wasn't a Hero, He Was a Traitor

  by Michael McLean

  Lee was no hero. He was neither noble nor wise. Lee was a traitor who killed United States soldiers, fought for human enslavement, vastly increased the bloodshed of the Civil War, and made embarrassing tactical mistakes. 

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• SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer
  Accessed 10/31/19
  

  Why the lies my teacher told me about race in America after the Civil War matter in 2019

  by Will Bunch

  The lies of omission that our teachers committed mattered then — and now it’s just as critical that today’s Americans finally learn the real history.

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• 10/27/2019
  

  The Civil War's Unforgiving Final Year and How It Changed the War’s Legacy

  by S.C. Gwynne

  "What happened in the war’s final, brutal phase, is what I call the Lee Paradox."

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• SOURCE: The Intercept
  10/6/19
  

  Why is the Army Still Honoring Confederate Generals?

  by James Risen

  Many bases are named for Confederates who were ardent white supremacists in the South before, during, and after the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/14/19
  

  There Are No Nostalgic Nazi Memorials

  by Susan Neiman

  Americans could learn from how drastically German society has moved away from the nadir of its history.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/14/19
  

  There Are No Nostalgic Nazi Memorials in Germany

  by Susan Neiman

  Americans could learn from how drastically German society has moved away from the nadir of its history.