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Mark Neely talked about his book, Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War. He talked about the two months before the Battle of Antietam durin…

This week on The Civil War, two historians discuss the wartime leadership styles of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. This is the first in a series of sessions we’ll air over the next f…

A panel was held on the secession of South Carolina from the Union on December 20, 1860. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, shortly after the 1860 election of Abrah…

Professor Mark Neely spoke about his biography The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America, published by Harvard University Press. The title is taken from Lincoln…

Professor Neely discussed some of the themes of his book The Union Divided: Party Conflict in the Civil War North. In his talk Professor Neely examined how ideas about religion and patriotis…