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Did Civil War Soldiers Have PTSD?
One hundred and fifty years later, historians are discovering some of the earliest known cases of post-traumatic stress disorder. By Tony Horwitz.
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UNC Chancellor Orders Removal of “Silent Sam” Pedestal as She Announces Resignation
Carol Folt said she planned to resign after approving the removal of the Confederate monument.
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How the Civil War Changed Christmas in the United States
As the Civil War’s first Christmas neared, a pair of young lovers, Nathaniel Dawson and Elodie Todd, a Confederate soldier and his eventual bride, wrote to one
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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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Sins of the Fathers
The Confederacy was built on slavery. How can so many Southern whites still believe otherwise? One writer’s year-long argument with a man who has devoted his life to celebrating the Confederacy.
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Confederate flag placed on Mississippi civil rights martyr's grave
The family of Vernon Dahmer learned Tuesday of a Confederate battle flag placed on the civil rights martyr's grave.
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Visiting the Whitney Plantation, Slavery Museum
Think of the worst thing you can possibly imagine that one human being might do to another and know that what really took place was a hundred times worse… By Matt Haughey.
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The Great National Circus: Punch-Ups in the Senate
Eric Foner reviews "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War" by Joanne Freeman.
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This Day in History: Lincoln delivers The Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. In just 272 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded a war-weary public why the Union had to fight, and win, the Civil War.
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Black Confederates: Truth and Legend
"Black Confederates" is the Civil War Trust's historical article outlining the role of black people in the Southern war effort.
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Historians Are Using Facial Recognition Software to Identify People in Civil War Photographs
Though an estimated 4 million photographs of Union soldiers survive, the figures they capture have only been identified in 20 percent of all cases.
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How Edgar Allan Poe Got Kicked Out of the U.S. Army
We don’t think of Poe as a veteran writer, but his brief stint in the U.S. Army was gloriously successful—until the court martial. By Brian Van Reet.
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The American civil war didn't end. And Trump is a Confederate president
His supporters hark back to an 1860s fantasy of white male dominance. But the Confederacy won’t win in the long run, says Rebecca Solnit
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At 63, I Threw Away My Prized Portrait of Robert E. Lee
I was raised to venerate Lee the principled patriot—but I want no association with Lee the defender of slavery.
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The massacre men
When Shelton Laurel and the Appalachian war are mentioned at all, they are too often perceived as an exception, wiped off with a “war's hell” or blamed on the ways of those peculiar mountain folks. By David Forbes.
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The Orange Cheeto Expounds on the Marble Man
Donald Trump has said quite a few bizarre things. He now thinks he knows something about American history. As usual, he’s delusional.
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Stone Mountain: The Largest Confederate Monument Problem in the World
Stone Mountain has been called “a blight” upon the state of Georgia. But to others it is a key part of Southern heritage.
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The Power of Untold Slave Narratives
In 'Barracoon,' Zora Neale Hurston challenges the American public’s narrow view of the African continent, the transatlantic slave trade, and the diasporic cultures that came as a result of it.
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“Senses Were Benumbed:” How a Civil War Nurse Handled Trauma
Cornelia Hancock witnessed horrifying sights in her time as a Civil War nurse. Hear in her own words how she dealt with those traumatic experiences.
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After judge's ruling, Confederate monument in San Antonio park is history
A monument to Confederate soldiers that stood in a San Antonio, Texas, park for more than 100 years is now history.
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