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Gilder Lehrman 2023 Lincoln Prize Awarded to Two Books on Lincoln During Civil War

The Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize is among the most prestigious awards in the scholarship of the Civil War. The prize includes a purse of $50,000….

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Unsung Patriots: African Americans in America’s Wars by Eugene DeFriest Bétit

Unsung Patriots: African Americans in America’s Wars by Eugene DeFriest Bétit published by Stackpole Books (2023) I first heard of the “Harlem Hell Fighters” of…

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Books on Slavery for Children from School Library Journal

The School Library Journal, a respected trade publication, has a list of books to use with students that focus on slavery in the United States….

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Around the Web February 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

January was a little depressing because I am a Buffalo Bills fan. Still, I got to write a lot of new posts last month, and…

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Washington Post Reviews Kidada Williams Book “I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction”

The Washington Post has a review of Kidada Williams new book I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against…

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LA Times Review: I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams

The Los Angeles Times reviewed I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams published…

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Posted in Book Reviews Slavery

Jon Meacham reviews AMERICAN INHERITANCE: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795, by Edward J. Larson in NY Times

Jon Meacham reviews AMERICAN INHERITANCE: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795, by Edward J. Larson in this weeks New York Times…

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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War

THE LION AND THE FOX: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy Reviewed by NY Times

The New York Times recently reviewed the new book on the maneuvers of a Union diplomat and a Confederate spy over the construction of Confederate…

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Gettysburg’s Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond by Hampton Newsome

Gettysburg’s Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond by Hampton Newsome published by the University Press of Kansas (2022)   I am very familiar with…

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Around the Web January 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

Because it was the Holiday Season, December was a little lighter on social media than other months, but there was still plenty of interesting new…

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