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Megan Kate Nelson looked at the federal debate and passage of the 1872 Yellowstone Act, which established the world’s first national park. This was a virtual program hosted by Smithsonian As…

Historian Megan Kate Nelson looked at how the Civil War impacted the American West as the Union and Confederate armies fought for control of the territory.

A panel of historians discussed the treatment of Native Americans in the West during the Civil War Era. Topics included the Dakota War of 1862 and the mass hanging of 38 Dakota men, land pol…

Panelists talked about the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, during the Civil War, and how the event has been remembered by the city and in history. On February 17, 1865, Columbia, So…