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Editor Charles Mitchell discussed the role of Maryland during the Civil War and Reconstruction, challenging claims that the state leaned heavily toward the Confederacy. The National Civil Wa…

Historian Allen Guelzo talked about his book, Reconstruction: A Concise History. He argued that despite the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments, the Reconstruction period failed to …

University of Southern Mississippi Professor Susannah Ural described the treatment of Confederate veterans after the Civil War and challenges preconceptions about the Mississippi state pensi…

Military historian William Feis talked about his book, Grant’s Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox, in which he explores the ways Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant used…

Hari Jones talked about U.S. colored troops and African Americans' fight for freedom during the Civil War. He argued that African Americans played a broader role in defeating the Confederacy…

Hari Jones talked about the actions and strategies employed by African Americans in their struggle for freedom, from slave rebellions in the 1830s to enlistment in the Union Army during the …