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This day honors those veterans who have served their country while being held captive in enemy territory. The day also honors the family of the prisoners of war and their long and anxious wait to see their family again. Visit the collection.
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Dr. James McPherson, professor emeritus of American History at Princeton University, won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, which has since sold more than six hundred thousand copies...
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Walter Edgar talks with Dr. McPherson about the increase in Civil War writings within the past thirty years. Writers have since expanded on aspects like civilian life, experiences for common soldiers...
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In this segment, Dr. McPherson details the impact of President Abraham Lincoln’s election victory on the South, before the Civil War. Lincoln's victory is seen as one of the key motivations the South...
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In this segment, Dr. Mark Smith discusses tastes, and what people typically ate during the Civil War. He uses Vicksburg, and foods, as examples to illustrate this aspect of sensory history.
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Dr. Mark Smith analyzes auditory experiences during the Secession Convention, and the sounds and voices in Charleston, S.C., during the Civil War.
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One of the new fields in Civil War history is what is known as “sensory history:” what people experienced, thought, smelled, tasted, heard, etc. Dr. James McPherson and Dr. Mark Smith discuss these...
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What must it have been like to be a crew member on board the C.S.S. Hunley? Dr. Mark Smith opines.
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Dr. James McPherson discusses the reasons and motivations behind what made common soldiers ("Billy Yank" and "Johnny Reb") go fight in the Civil War.
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In this segment, Dr. Thomas discusses the attitudes and animosity the North showed the South, and vice-versa. He then discusses how many people on both sides did not consider the consequences of such...
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In this first segment on The Dogs of War, Dr. Emory Thomas briefly discusses the unintended consequences of secession. Some of those consequences included the implementation of state socialism in some...
