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A Close-Up Look at the New Franklin, Tenn. Historical Panels on Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction in the City

Franklin, Tennessee has been a leading location in telling the full story of the American Civil War. The Battle of Franklin Trust has done pioneering…

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Exhibit “Mustering Memory: 160 Years of Saluting the Civil War” Looks at How the War has Been Remembered Over the Years

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum is opening a new exhibit on how the Civil War has been remembered over the years. Civil…

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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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War of Northern Aggression, Civil War, War Between the States…The Eternal Argument (or was it?)

One of the most tiresome aspects of writing about the Civil War and Reconstruction period is encountering people who insist that the “real name” of…

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