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Historians talked about the Civil War’s Chattanooga Campaign, which took place in the fall of 1863 and resulted in Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant breaking through a Confederate …

Historians talked about the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863, considered to be General Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory. Initially, Union General Joseph Hooker planned to envelop the Confe…

Historian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication, “The Civil War in 50 Objects.” In this program they d…

Historians Harold Holzer, Edna Greene Medford and David Blight talked about the views of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass on emancipating those held in slavery. They tracked their evol…

Abraham Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer revisited the 16th president’s second inaugural address - delivered on March 4th, 1865, just six weeks before his assassination, and generally considere…

Historian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication “The Civil War in 50 Objects.” In this program, they d…

Historian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication “The Civil War in 50 Objects.” In this program, they d…

Historian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication, “The Civil War in 50 Objects.” In this program, they …

Historian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication The Civil War in 50 Objects. In this program, they dis…

Historian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication, “The Civil War in 50 Objects.” In this program, they …

Historian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley, chief historian at the New-York Historical Society, talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication, The Civil War in 50 Objects. In thi…

Historian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication, “The Civil War in 50 Objects.” In this program, they …

Abraham Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer gave an illustrated talk at the New-York Historical Society about the monuments created to the 16th president and what they say about how he is remember…

Historians John Marszalek and Craig Symonds looked at the military rivalry between Civil War Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. They compared Grant and Lee’s childhoods, their expe…

William Leuchtenburg talked about the effectiveness and legacies of 20th century president. Professor Leuchtenburg is the author of The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clint…

Historians and authors talked about the legacy of Reconstruction. They speculated on Abraham Lincoln’s plans for the post-Civil War period had he not been assassinated, and they discussed th…

Civil War historians James McPherson, John Marszalek and Harold Holzer discuss Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s campaign through the Carolinas, which followed after his famed “March …

Historians and authors talked about the 150th anniversary of Reconstruction and examined the challenges faced in the post-Civil War era of reunifying and rebuilding the Union. They spoke abo…

Harold Holzer spoke about Civil War artifacts featured in his book, The Civil War in 50 Objects, which were drawn from the New York Historical Society’s collection. Objects in the collection…

Scholars talked about the contributions, sacrifices, and challenges faced by African Americans who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. Under the terms of the Emancipation…