Civil War

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• 3/24/19
  

  A House Once More Divided

  by Georgiann Baldino

  Lincoln understood that involved citizens preserve the union, and he taught a vital lesson that only when human rights are respected is democracy worth preserving.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3/17/19
  

  Atlanta’s Civil War Monument, Minus the Pro-Confederate Bunkum

  A new exhibition of a gigantic painting uses historical fact to dispel Lost Cause mythology.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/17/19
  

  Her image had been buried near a Civil War battlefield for 100 years. Then I found her.

  A story uncovering and restoring a piece of Civil War history.

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• 3/17/19
  

  Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue: A Southern Unionist’s Viewpoint

  by Elizabeth Varon

  Elizabeth Van Lew was a Southerner who supported the Union. She--and other Southern Unionists--deepen our understanding of the Civil War and its legacies. 

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• 3/10/19
  

  What I’m Reading: An Interview With Civil War Historian Anne Sarah Rubin

  by Erik Moshe

  “To hold your own book is to have achieved something permanent in an ephemeral world.”

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• SOURCE: Fox News
  2/23/19
  

  Civil War soldier’s gravestone discovered, may offer vital clue to long-lost African-American cemetery

  The Civil War soldier’s headstone offers an insight into the lives of those buried at the Frankford site.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/15/19
  

  The black men of the Civil War were America’s original ‘dreamers’

  by Colbert I. King

  Like dreamers of today, those black soldiers and sailors also had families and attended churches; some were enrolled in schools. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/18/19
  

  Welcome to (possibly) the only town in America that wants a new Civil War memorial

  The proposed memorial could be the only one in the nation to include both a president and his assassin.

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• SOURCE: Alabama.com
  2/18/19
  

  Alabama omits Civil War leader Abraham Lincoln from Presidents Day holiday

  The reason for the Alabama variation stems from old grudges birthed in the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2/13/19
  

  Union demands apology after seeing Confederate book displayed in congressman's office

  Members of a federal labor union visiting a Georgia Republican's congressional office Monday said they discovered a 19th-century book on display that they considered "racially offensive."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  2/13/19
  

  The ‘Loyal Slave’ Photo That Explains the Northam Scandal

  by Kevin M. Levin

  The governor’s yearbook picture, like many images before it, reinforces the belief that blacks are content in their oppression.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/2/19
  

  In Upcoming Documentary, Henry Louis Gates hopes to enlighten Americans about Reconstruction

  The 4-part documentary will air on PBS starting April 9th. 

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• SOURCE: Public Discourse
  1/24/19
  

  An Interview with James McPherson: Thirty Years After the Publication of Battle Cry of Freedom

  You do not need a license to practice history. Instead, all you need to do is work hard, do research, go to the sources, make the past meaningful, and write in a way that attracts readers.

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• 1/13/19
  

  A Tyrant's Temper Tantrum

  by Ed Simon

  How the History of England's 17th Century Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War Shows the Shutdown's Potential to Spur Radical Change

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/9/19
  

  Civil War expert Kevin M. Levin objected to journalist Paul Duggan's profile of a neo-Confederate. Duggan called Levin to discuss his critique.

  by Paul Duggan

  With so many fresh voices eager to be heard, Levin told Duggan, old-timers like the neo-Confederate profiled belong in the dust bin.

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• SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  12-18-2018
  

  The complex task of writing history

  As more voices weigh in on historical markers, every word is under extra scrutiny

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12-7-2018
  

  How to Teach the Civil War in the Deep South

  One veteran Mississippi teacher is forgoing textbooks for the local archives.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-4-2018
  

  After War’s End, a Long Struggle to Patch Invisible Wounds

  A government psychiatrist in Sri Lanka goes door to door in an area scarred by civil war, doing whatever he can to meet a staggering need for help.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  11-29-18 (accessed)
  

  Atlanta’s Famed Cyclorama Mural Will Tell the Truth About the Civil War Once Again

  One of the war’s greatest battles was fought again and again on a spectacular canvas nearly 400 feet long. At last, the real history is being restored.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  11-15-18
  

  Who’s Behind That Beard?

  Historians are using facial recognition software to identify people in Civil War photographs.