
Civil War Times Reviews: Lincoln’s Antagonists
Radicals in Congress—Black Republicans and a belligerent Copperhead—played a central role in prosecuting the war and impeaching Andrew Johnson
Radicals in Congress—Black Republicans and a belligerent Copperhead—played a central role in prosecuting the war and impeaching Andrew Johnson
Separated from Southern-sympathizing Manhattan, Brooklyn had one of the largest and most politically aware Black communities in the U.S.
The effects of imprisonment on the senses scarred prisoners for the rest of their lives
An little-discussed factor was the social revolution that preceded Vicksburg's surrender—the destruction of the plantation oligarchy and the liberation of 100,000 slaves
Textbooks in Blue California explain history one way while red Texas takes an opposite tack
Films from 2012 are relevant to continuing conceptions of the Civil War
Ayers argues that America should acknowledge the importance of emancipation with a national holiday.
Jamie Montgomery failed, but his case set a precedent that ended chattel bondage in Scotland 12 years later
Roving merchant and slave trader approved of bondage system but saw freedmen as linchpin
Long before it became Margaritaville, Key West was a boom town built on bad news
With malice toward none, with charity toward all, the president seeks to binds the wounds of the nation
Composer's greatest gift was an ear for the simple and the sweet
Self-destruction is seen as heroic instead of an act of cowardice
New Orlean, the Confederacy's largest and most commercially important city, fell to the Union in May 1862