Remembering the Civil War

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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
(Drew Gilpin Faust)

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
(David W. Blight)

The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies
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It's the sesquicentennial of the Civil War -- it's been 150 years since that epic war began.   Americans will commemorate and remember it from different points of view. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Remembering the Civil War.   We'll talk about soldiers' experiences on the battlefield, and their reconciliation afterwards.  We'll debate the controversial legacy of the abolitionist, John Brown.  And we'll reflect on why the Civil War still has a living -- and highly contested -- history... even today.

  1. Drew Gilpin Faust on Death and the Civil War

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    Drew Gilpin Faust's latest book, This Republic of Suffering, explores one of the most sobering aspects of the Civil War: its colossal death toll.

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  2. David Blight on "Race and Reunion"

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    David Blight tells Jim Fleming that Americans on both sides played a role in whitewashing the history of the Civil War, in favor of a more unified nation.

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  3. Steve Paulson Reports on John Brown

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    John Brown was an abolitionist who from the beginning was committed to the abolition of slavery and called for ending it through armed insurrection.

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  4. Victoria Bynum on "The Long Shadow of the Civil War"

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    It may surprise some to know that not all white southerners actually fought with the Confederacy in the Civil War.

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