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WGBH American Experience | PBS . Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration.
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WGBH American Experience | PBS . Death and the Civil War
The staggering death tolls of the Civil War permanently altered the character of the republic and the psyche of the American people.
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Lincoln and Davis and The Agreement Against Popular Sovereignty - This Cruel War
It was more than happenstance that pitted Abraham Lincoln against Jefferson Davis. They disagreed upon almost everything there was to disagree upon. But there was one area of thought upon which they agreed: Popular Sovereignty. The concept insisted that the question of slavery in the territories should not be decided by the Federal government, but by the vote of the people living within those territories. While many in both the South and the North considered this a fine idea, both Davis and Lincoln did not. However, the reasons why they agreed were drastically at odds.
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The Shadow of a Shade: General Grant and Not Fighting for Abolition - This Cruel War
An invented and traitorous quote by General Grant had been kicking around for nearly 150 years. Let's look at it origins and weird little uses.
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150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War
As the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg approaches, it's time for America to question the popular account of a war that tore apart the nation.
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Did Religion Make the Civil War Worse?
Faith may have inflamed the conflict, but one lasting legacy of the war may be the toll it took upon American faith.
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The Civil War Issue
On the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, we present this commemorative issue featuring Atlantic stories by Mark Twain, Henry James, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and many more. Purchase on newsstands through March 5, or order your print or digital copy here.
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America still has a problem with unexploded Civil War bombs
On April 22, members of the U.S. Army's 707th Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company left their base on a mission to detonate a very unusual object. Construction crews had discovered an Absterdam Type 2/3 Projectile in Ilwaco, Washington. This type of explosive artillery shell dates to around the time of the American Civil War.
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America’s racial divides are so deep, we can’t even agree what the Civil War was about
Black and white Americans don't agree on a whole raft of social issues. This is not a newsflash.
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Battlefield Detectives - Antietam
The bloodiest day in American history
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Battlefield Detectives - Shiloh
This was the bloodiest battle of the war until the Battle of Chancellorsville
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What if the South Won the American Civil War?
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America’s Most Reconsidered General
The reputation of Ulysses S. Grant has oscillated wildly through history, almost since the day of his birth, April 27, 1822.
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How Slavery Really Ended in America
On May 23, 1861, little more than a month into the Civil War, three young black men rowed across the James River in Virginia and claimed asylum in a Union-held citadel.
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Did the American Civil War Ever End?
When did the Civil War end? Many have answered never.
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6 Civil War Myths Everyone Believes (That Are Total B.S.)
We might be going out on a limb here, but we're guessing that most of our readers aren't hardcore Civil War historians. And since VH-1 discontinued their series before they got around to the 1860s, a lot of us are walking around with Civil War misinformation firmly wired in our brains.
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Civil War Trust's New War Department™ Video Series Puts Viewers at the Epicenter of Historical Events
New online series offers thematic commentary from experts, providing tools to aid critical thinking about historic events
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War Department
The War Department video series is the Civil War Trust's newest web production analyzing the Civil War.
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Lunch and Learn: Why Didn’t the North Hang Jeff Davis?
Jefferson Davis led an effort to break up the United States, yet he never faced punishment or a trial for what many considered treason. Why was that? Lead Historical Interpreter Brianna Kirk explores Northern perspective in the immediate post-war period to determine why the North did not prosecute the man they labeled a traitor.
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The American civil war then and now – interactive
The women who dug the graves, the kids who saw the largest battle in US history – and the slaves forced to help fighters at the front. 150 years after the last shots were fired, Guardian photographer David Levene travelled across the US photographing sites scarred by the American civil war
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