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Reconstructing the campus
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Michael David Cohen |
The first book to examine the Civil War's immediate and long-term impact on higher education, Reconstructing the Campus begins by tracing college communities' responses to the secession crisis and th… |
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In the Cause of Liberty
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William J. Cooper, Jr.,John M. McCardell, Jr. |
In this remarkable collection, ten premier scholars of nineteenth-century America address the epochal impact of the Civil War by examining the conflict in terms of three Americas--antebellum, wartime… |
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A changing wind
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Wendy Hamand Venet |
"In 1845, Atlanta was the last stop at the end of a railroad line, the home of just twelve families and three general stores. By the 1860s, it was a thriving Confederate city, second only to Richmond… |
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Edith D. Pope and her Nashville friends
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Simpson, John A. |
"Founded in 1893, the Confederate Veteran was a monthly magazine devoted to the wartime reminiscences of Confederate soldiers. In 1913 founding editor Sumner A. Cunningham died, and his longtime secr… |
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Abraham Lincoln and the second American Revolution
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James M. McPherson |
James McPherson offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on aspects of Lincoln and the war that have rarely been discussed in depth. McPherson displays his keen insight and sterling prose as… |
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Ripples of Battle
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Victor Hanson |
The effects of war refuse to remain local: they persist through the centuries, sometimes in unlikely ways far removed from the military arena. In Ripples of Battle, the acclaimed historian Victor Dav… |
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