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A historian discovers the truth of Faulkner’s comment: The past isn't dead -- it's not even past
Monday, Nov 12, 2012 10:08 PM UTCPolitics American History, Civil War
Glenn W. LaFantasie
Politics American History, Civil War
The Confederate we still don’t know
150 years after Robert E. Lee took command of the South's army, his descendants are intent on keeping his secrets
Sunday, Jul 31, 2011 1:01 PM UTC 107Politics History, War Room
The thoroughly American soul of John Brown
His use of violence at Harpers Ferry may have been abhorrent -- but it wasn't necessarily aberrant
Sunday, Jun 12, 2011 10:01 PM UTC 185Politics History, War Room
The changing face of Abraham Lincoln
Slide show: As the Union crumbled 150 years ago, the president's appearance began to change dramatically
Sunday, May 29, 2011 3:01 PM UTC 39Politics War Room
Why the presidency aged Lincoln so dramatically
What the Civil War did to the "hearty, blithesome, genial and wiry" man who became president in 1861
Sunday, May 29, 2011 3:01 PM UTC 18Politics History, War Room
The Confederacy comes to Kentucky
Sometimes, it can feel like little has changed since 1865. Like when my state considers honoring Jefferson Davis
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:30 PM UTC 115Politics History, War Room
The foolishness of Civil War reenactors
A historian grapples with the right -- and wrong -- ways to commemorate a war that should horrify all of us
Sunday, May 8, 2011 2:01 PM UTC 163Politics History, War Room
The erosion of the Civil War consensus
We once thought the Civil War settled fundamental issues about the primacy of federal law. Then came the Tea Party
Sunday, Mar 20, 2011 3:01 PM UTC 104Politics History, War Room
Who’s the worst president of them all?
When it comes to who least deserves to be honored today, it's a close call between the 43rd and 15th presidents
Monday, Feb 21, 2011 12:30 PM UTC 252Politics American History, History
Actually, we already had a Palin White House campaign
Her blunder-prone political misadventures carry echoes of those of John C. Fremont 150 years ago
Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 4:01 PM UTC 80Politics Sarah Palin, War Room, History
Our permanent culture of political violence
And why the calls for civility in the wake of Saturday's shooting won't end up changing anything
Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011 1:45 AM UTC 133Politics History, War Room
The top 12 Civil War books ever written
One great book for each month of 2011, the sesquicentennial of the War Between the States
Monday, Dec 27, 2010 12:01 AM UTC 50Politics History, War Room, Nonfiction
How the South rationalizes secession
150 years later, a campaign to deny that the South's exodus from the union was a revolution is in full force
Sunday, Dec 19, 2010 4:01 PM UTC 306Politics History, War Room
And if Gen. Lee hadn’t surrendered at Appomattox …
With the 150th anniversary of South Carolina's secession nearing, we consider a different outcome of the Civil War
Sunday, Nov 21, 2010 4:01 PM UTC 129Politics History, War Room
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