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Historians Greg Downs and Kate Masur on How the Current Crisis Reflects Our Reconstruction Past
This has been a busy three weeks for historians being asked by news organizations for comparisons between the current political situation and the Reconstruction Era….
Historians Reflect on #WeWantMoreHistory Day of Action
Greg Downs, Hilary N. Green, Scott Hancock, and Kate Masur, the historians behind the #WeWantMoreHistory Day of Action, offer some reflections on the event on…
Gettysburg Times Covers Historians’ Day of Action #WeWantMoreHistory
On September 30, 2020, the Gettysburg Times published an article on the Historians’ Day of Action at Gettysburg. I was fortunate enough to have been…
Historian Greg Downs on What Modern Democrats Can Learn from Reconstruction Republicans
In an interesting essay on TPM today, historian Greg Downs writes that the Republican Party’s willingness to embrace unorthodox methods during the Civil War and…
Kate Masur & Greg Downs Named Co-Editors of Journal of the Civil War Era
The respected Journal of the Civil War Era has announced the appointment of new co-editors for the journal. The two, Greg Downs and Kate Masur…
After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War by Gregory Downs
After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War by Gregory Downs published by Harvard University Press (2015) Hardcover $32.95 Kindle $18.12. Before the 1960s, it…
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