Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) tea service How did Civil War soldiers

How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict

Black Confederates

Once we understand the centrality of union

The Civil War brought many forms of upheaval to America

and conversing with hundreds of Northern and Southern soldiers from corps commanders all the way down to privates

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) tea service How did Civil War soldiersby David W. Blight Winner of the Bancroft Prize Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Winner of the Merle Curti award Winner of the Frederick Douglass Prize No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race