Reconstruction
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Culture
Understanding the Politics of the Civil War
Ludwell Johnson entitled his 1995 book on the American Civil War and Reconstruction, North against South: The American Iliad 1848…
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Opinion
The Legacies of Reconstruction
The South was as devastated during the Civil war of 1861 to 1865 as much as any nation in the…
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The Battle for Truth on the Reconstruction Era
Part 7 of 7 of a Series on Reconstruction 1865-1877 The study of the causes and conduct of the “Civil…
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Opinion
Forbidden History
Part 6 of 7 in a Series on Reconstruction 1865-1877 In 1867, because unscrupulous members of the Union League and…
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Opinion
Congress Investigates the Klan 1870-1871
Part 5 of a Series on Reconstruction 1865-1877 At the end of war the South had not only suffered tremendous…
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Opinion
North Carolina’s Kirk-Holden War
Part 4 of a Series on Reconstruction 1865-1877 By 1870, the corruption of the carpetbagger governments and the violence of…
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West Virginia in the Un-Civil War
I have no doubt that the great majority of the people of West Virginia today believe they are better off…
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