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The commemoration of the American Civil War is based on the memories of the Civil War that Americans have shaped according to their political, social and cultural circumstances and needs, starting with the Gettysburg Address and the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery in 1863. Confederates, both veterans and women, were especially active in ...
The Lost Cause of the Confederacy (or simply the Lost Cause) is an American pseudohistorical [1] [2] and historical negationist myth [3] [4] [5] that claims the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery. [6] First enunciated in 1866, it has continued to influence racism, gender ...
James A. Rawley Prize (OAH) ISBN. 978-0-674-00332-3. Dewey Decimal. 973.7. LC Class. E468.9 .B58 2001. Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory is a 2001 book by the American historian David W. Blight. [1] The book was awarded the Frederick Douglass Prize for the best book on slavery of 2001.
Sherman's March to the Sea (also known as the Savannah campaign or simply Sherman's March) was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by William Tecumseh Sherman, major general of the Union Army. The campaign began on November 15 with Sherman's troops leaving Atlanta ...
Gary William Gallagher (born October 8, 1950) is an American historian specializing in the history of the American Civil War. Gallagher is currently the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia. [3] He produced a lecture series on the American Civil War for The Great Courses lecture series.
The 1913 Gettysburg reunion was a Gettysburg Battlefield encampment of American Civil War veterans for the Battle of Gettysburg 's 50th anniversary. The June 29–July 4 gathering of 53,407 veterans (~8,750 Confederate) [1] was the largest ever Civil War veteran reunion. [2] All honorably discharged veterans in the Grand Army of the Republic ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was a dispute over whether slavery should be ...
Covington. One of only two monuments in Kentucky meant to honor both sides. 40. Lewis. Union Monument in Vanceburg. 1884. Vanceburg. Limestone monument erected by the citizens of the county as a memorial to the men of the county who were killed in action while fighting for the Union. This is the easternmost monument on the list and the first ...