Here's an interesting question: what types of ceremonies, rituals, and celebrations are appropriate for remembering the war officially known as "The War Between The States"? (So said Congress in 1948, one reenactor pointed out to me last weekend.) Actually, Wikipedia refutes my friend the reenactor, saying Congress never officially legislated a name for the war. …
What Two Months of Civil War Reading Will Do To You
"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped." After two months of reading, and a trip to Gettysburg, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, here's a little of what's on my mind: The Civil War The battle for how history is told Robert E. Lee and "honor" The muddy boots …
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JEFF BERRYMAN 