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Caroline Janney Talk on How the Lost Cause Was Created and Why It Was Dominant in the South for 125 Years

This is an excellent discussion of the creation of The Lost Cause mythology of the Civil War. The creation of the myth started at Appomattox…

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Caroline E. Janney Author of Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox Wins 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize

Caroline Janney is the recipient of the 2022 Lincoln Prize. Here is my own review of this book. According to the Gilder Lehrman Institute: Janney’s Ends…

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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War Memory of Reconstruction

Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America Edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney

Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America Edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney published by University of Georgia Press (2021)….

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Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox by Caroline E. Janney

Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox by Caroline E. Janney University of North Carolina Press (2021) Have you ever wondered…

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Posted in Memory of Reconstruction Videos

Video Lectures: “The Road from Appomattox: Political Violence, Military Conflict, and National Reunion”

On February 20, 2016 the Library of Virginia hosted The Road From Appomattox Symposium. C-SPAN posted some of the lectures, so I thought a post…

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