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American History Today: August 2007

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Slavery Still Haunts Legislatures, Universities, Politicians—and Descendants Slavery, that “peculiar institution” of old, continues […]

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Inconvenient Truth

by Duane Schultz9/11/20189/10/2018

A daring reporter tells Abraham Lincoln what his own government would not.

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Explore: The Last Lifeline

by Sarah Richardson9/11/20189/10/2018

By the close of 1864, Wilmington, was the only port still controlled by the Rebels. Despite the Federal blockade, an estimated 80% goods made it through.

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Little Rock at 50

by Amy Chan9/10/20184/2/2019

Michael K. Honey, author of Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther […]

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Rethinking the Revolution

by John Ferling9/10/20186/28/2020

Americans remember the Civil War for its unsparing brutality. But was our fight for […]

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CWT Book Review: Military Necessity

by Keith Miller9/5/2018

Military Necessity: Civil-Military Relations in the Confederacy by Paul D. Escott, Greenwood Publishing Group, […]

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Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac by William Swinton No victorious military force […]

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The Road to Atlanta, Part. 2

by Jay Wertz9/5/2018

In the November/December 2006 issue, “In Their Footsteps” covered the first part of Maj. […]

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Arming the Confederacy

by Jeffry D. Wert9/5/2018

Josiah Gorgas arrived in Montgomery, Alabama, during the early days of April 1861. He […]

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A Call To Arms in the Philippines

by Steven Trent Smith9/4/20182/12/2019

Hoping to strike it big mining in the Philippines, brothers Walt and Jim Cushing instead made a name for themselves as guerrilla leaders fighting the Japanese

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