Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) Frederick As a source of dissent

As a source of dissent widely understood as a frustration for Abraham Lincoln

and government officials who reintegrated into American society and attained positions of authority and influence in the federal government

and Lincoln’s Ladder to the Presidency provides that understanding as well as a fresh perspective on the much-studied figure

Stonewall Jackson (S/L# 2362)

and loss had hurt and impacted these people by the spring of 1865

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) Frederick As a source of dissentby 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