Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) medal From Nathan Hale to Benedict

From Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold

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the rancor increasingly spread to the halls of Congress

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) medal From Nathan Hale to Benedictby David W. Blight Winner of the Bancroft Prize Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Winner of the Merle Curti award Winner of the Frederick Douglass Prize No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race