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This week on The Civil War, author Iver Bernstein discussed the causes and consequences of the New York City Draft Riots of mid-July 1863, that resulted from the federal draft for additional…

This week on The Civil War, the closing discussion from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society’s 2012 Civil War Symposium. Several of the symposium’s presenters take questions from the audience…

Iver Bernstein discussed Lincoln’s views of slavery as a cancer on the body politic of America. He related Lincoln’s use of disease metaphor and how that relates to American political life d…