The Civil War in One Chart
This chart, digitized by the Library of Congress, depicts major battles, troop losses, skirmishes, and other events in the American Civil War. (Click on the image to arrive at a zoomable version, or visit the LOC’s website.) The “Scaife Synoptical Method,” advertised...News from Around the South 6/24 – 7/1
Texas: Museum Features Gettysburg Artifacts CORSICANA — One hundred fifty years ago this week, the battle that changed the course of the Civil War took place far from Texas in Gettysburg, Penn. This Saturday, artifacts from the Battle of Gettysburg, including a...News from Around the South 5/27 – 6/3
Tennessee: Group Challenges Naming of Memphis Parks MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Several plaintiffs have filed suit against the renaming of Confederate-themed city parks in Memphis, asserting only the mayor can change park names. According to The Commercial Appeal, nine...
Was Civil War About Slavery?
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