Wars Within A War: Controversy and Conflict Over the American Civil War: Twelve Leading Scholars on the Meaning of the War and its Memory (Joan Waugh, Gary W. Gallagher - CH) monuments Lincoln devoured newspapers

Lincoln devoured newspapers

and accepted the invaluable contributions of these (and thousands of other) former Confederates

Although many hundreds of books have been published on the battle

Ages 11-17

not only in waking hours but also in the dark of night

Wars Within A War: Controversy and Conflict Over the American Civil War: Twelve Leading Scholars on the Meaning of the War and its Memory (Joan Waugh, Gary W. Gallagher - CH) monuments Lincoln devoured newspapersComprised of essays from twelve leading scholars, this volume extends the discussion of Civil War controversies far past the death of the Confederacy in the spring of 1865. Contributors address, among other topics, Walt Whitmans poetry, the handling of the Union and Confederate dead, the treatment of disabled and destitute northern veterans, Ulysses S. Grants imposing tomb, and Hollywoods long relationship with the Lost Cause narrative. The