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• MARTEN (ed.): Children and Youth During the Civil War Era (2012)

  Category: Book Reviews Posted: 2/22/2012 Author: Catherine M. Wright | 

  By addressing so many fascinating topics in a regional or impressionistic manner, this anthology suggests as many new avenues for research as it satisfies. The authors and editor are to be commended for this valuable contribution to the field... Read More

• Quarters for African American Soldiers

  Category: From the Archives Posted: 2/21/2012 Author: Laura June Davis | 

  Our Black History Month Celebration continues with this Harper's Weekly depiction of "Negro Quarters, Army of the James."  Read More

• BLIGHT: American Oracle (2011)

  Category: Book Reviews Posted: 2/21/2012 Author: David Silkenat | 

  In a sense, Blight’s new book, American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era, is a continuation of the work he began in Race and Reunion. Rather than chronicle the myriad ways in which the Civil War Centennial intersected with the Civil Right Movement, Blight provides much more intimate portraits of four authors who wrestled with the legacy of the Civil War at the height of the Civil ... Read More

• Special Field Orders No. 15

  Category: From the Archives Posted: 2/20/2012 Author: Laura June Davis | 

  SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, No. 15. Read More