I have said before that we are in a renaissance of excellent historical writing for a general public that wants to read something more than hagiographic narratives. Add Adam Rothman's.
Ku Klux Klan member, Tennessee, 1868 This is a good piece summarizing the one area of U.S. history that the National Park Service has done a terrible job commemorating, which.
An interesting hypothetical at Aeon: Which historical event would you undo? My first thought was that John C. Calhoun was not born. But upon further reflection, it's fairly obvious from.
Above: Lincoln's funeral Ari Kelman and Jonathan Fetter-Vorm excerpt their new graphic novel on the Civil War. You should read it.
Eric Foner on why the Reconstruction era is still vitally important today. He gives us the short history we need for the most basic understanding of the issues at play.
The historian Gregory Downs and the historian and visual designer Scott Nesbit have put together a pretty fantastic visualization of the U.S. Army occupation of the South during Reconstruction. Looking.
Because the National Park Service reflects the historical priorities of Americans over time, it's not surprising that it is so lacking in sites interpreting Reconstruction, since the great growth period.
In the summer of 1864, Abraham Lincoln's reelection was still up in the air, so politically it might have made sense to pocket veto the Wade-Davis bill to impose a.
