Am Interview with Richard Fox

Our conversation with Richard Fox, Professor of history at the University of Southern California and recent author of “Lincoln’s Body: A Cultural History,” now out with W.W. Norton. In this interview, Dr. Fox discusses the political power of Lincoln’s body during his presidency, the significance of Lincoln’s funeral train, and the power of the “enshrined body” and the “national body” in the 150 years since his death.

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BRETZGER: Observing Hancock at Gettysburg (2016)

Observing Hancock at Gettysburg: The General’s Leadership through Eyewitness Accounts by Paul E. Bretzger. McFarland, 2016.  Paper, ISBN: 978-0786499786.  $29.95. Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, commander of the Second Corps, Army…