Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) Don't Tread on Me noted scholar Catherine Clinton reflects

noted scholar Catherine Clinton reflects on the roles of women as historical actors within the field of Civil War studies and examines the ways in which historians have redefined female wartime participation

Hughes includes a fascinating section about the Civil War online

Fry examines several key crisis points to show how enlisted men developed political awareness that went beyond personal loyalties

passage of the Thirteenth Amendment

the Stone Wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg loomed large over the Army of the Potomac

Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) Don't Tread on Me noted scholar Catherine Clinton reflectsFor 150 years, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln has fascinated the American people. Relatively few academic historians, however, have devoted study to it, viewing the murder as a side note tied to neither the Civil War nor Reconstruction. Over time, the traditional story of the assassination has become littered with myths, from the innocence of Mary Surratt and Samuel Mudd to John Wilkes Booths escape to Oklahoma or India, where he died by suicide