Civil War

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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.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  11-16-18
  

  Texas Students Will Soon Learn Slavery Played A Central Role In The Civil War

  The state's previous social studies standards listed three causes for the Civil War: sectionalism, states' rights and slavery, in that order.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11-12-18
  

  America’s Struggle for Moral Coherence

  by Andrew Delbanco

  The problem of how to reconcile irreconcilable values is what led to the Civil War. It hasn’t gone away.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  10-30-18
  

  Forced to Close by Civil War, the National Museum of Damascus Re-Opens Its Doors

  The museum’s collections were among 300,000 artifacts hidden by officials as violence spread in Syria.

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• 10/21/18
  

  Even “Good Statues” Have Their Problems

  by Alan Singer

  A case in point.

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• SOURCE: Yale News
  10-4-18
  

  Acts of incivility in antebellum Congress unveiled in Yale historian’s book

  Joanne B. Freeman reports that published sources to violence in the antebellum Congress were often veiled. The dirt was in diaries and letters.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  

  A House Still Divided

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  In 1858, Abraham Lincoln warned that America could not remain “half slave and half free.” Today, the country remains divided by racism—and the threat is as existential as it was before the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: The Journal of the Civil War Era
  9-11-18
  

  What the Name “Civil War” Tells Us–and Why It Matters

  What do Americans call the conflict that tore their nation apart from 1861 to 1865? And what difference does it make what name they use?

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• 9/18/18
  

  Midterms (Lincoln’s Included) Have Always Been a Tough Presidential Test

  by Justin Martin

  The outcome of his in 1862 determined the fate of the Union in the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  8/10/18
  

  Confederate statues stored in secret locations

  "You have some people who are very upset and you know this needs to be something that's under wraps right now."

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  8-4-18
  

  If You Want To End Racism, Stop Forgiving Racists

  by Carol Anderson

  We have tended to forgive those who waged the most sustained, brutal assaults in the name of white supremacy, without requiring them to repudiate their beliefs or actions in return.

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• SOURCE: National Review
  7-31-18
  

  The Origins of Our Second Civil War

  by Victor Davis Hanson

  Globalism, the tech boom, illegal immigration, campus radicalism, the new racialism . . . Are they leading us toward an 1861?

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-28-18
  

  The Decline of the Civil War Re-enactor

  The 155th anniversary Gettysburg re-enactment was a snapshot of a hobby with dwindling ranks.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  7-9-18
  

  We Should Embrace the Ambiguity of the 14th Amendment

  by Eric Foner

  A hundred and fifty years after its ratification, some of its promises remain unfulfilled—but one day it may still be interpreted anew.