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Source: Associated Press

Historians in the News

3-18-14

Gettysburg book wins $50,000 history prize

NEW YORK (AP) — A book about the Civil War conflict in Gettysburg has won a $50,000 prize.

Allen C. Guelzo's "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion" has received the inaugural Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History. The prize's sponsors made the announced Tuesday....

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