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Richmond exhibit seeks to reimagine Confederate statues

The Confederate leaders memorialized on Richmond's Monument Avenue were once revered, but have become flashpoints in a national debate about how symbols of slavery and white supremacy should be treated today.

5 years ago

Presidents’ Day pause: How ‘Uncle Sam’s Web-feet’ helped swing an election for Abe Lincoln

The U.S. Navy's triumph at Mobile Bay, combined with victorious Federal ground campaigns in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia, helped reelect Abraham Lincoln and doomed the Confederacy to defeat.

By Gerald D. Swick, Civil War Times Magazine

5 years ago

Sometimes, a good man has to take a hatchet to a bad man’s skull.

The captain’s stateroom looked like a slaughterhouse.

By Jonathan W. White, Civil War Times Magazine

5 years ago

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