Articles with keyword "Civil War"
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The Comical and the Coffinly
Through humor, Winslow Homer learned to tap into the subtleties of the Gilded Age.
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A Conversation with Drew Gilpin Faust
Historian Drew Gilpin Faust and Chairman Sheldon Hackney discuss how the Civil War changed Southern women.
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Valley of the Shadow
Images of a farmland divided by the Civil War come to life on the Internet.
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Risen from Our Blood and Tears
An upcoming series tells how Africans made their mark on America from slavery to abolition.
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One Family's Journey: A Conversation with Adele Logan Alexander
Historian Adele Logan Alexander talks with NEH Chairman William R. Ferris about the rise of a resolute African American family and its service to the nation.
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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Ulysses S. Grant
A new film tells how he survived vicissitudes to remain the most loved man of his century.
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The Reluctant Cadet
A glimpse of the young would-be farmer who became a military hero and the president of the United States.
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Excerpts from the Writings of James M. McPherson
McPherson's books capture the complexity of the Civil War and the connections between battlefront and home front.
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Touring the Battlefields
A colleague pays tribute to a fellow historian and tireless traveling companion.
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"The War that Never Goes Away"
Jefferson Lecturer James M. McPherson talks with NEH Chairman William R. Ferris about the Civil War and the long shadows it still casts over the American landscape.

