History Now Essay "The Strange Spell That Dwells in Dead Men’s Eyes": The Civil War, by Brady Harold Holzer Art "[T]he dead of the battle-field come up to us very rarely, even in dreams." So admitted the New York Times just a month after it had reported the grisly slaughter of 3,650 Union and Confederate troops at the Battle of Antietam. On a... Appears in: 45 | American History in Visual Art Summer 2016
History Now Essay Lincoln’s Civil Religion George C. Rable Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ His long-time law partner William Herndon once described Abraham Lincoln as "the most shut-mouthed man who ever lived." That phrase wonderfully captured an important characteristic of a politician who had surprisingly few friends and... Appears in: Lincoln
History Now Essay Civil Rights Leadership and the 1964 Civil Rights Act Clarence Taylor Government and Civics The most important social protest movement of the twentieth century was the civil rights movement, which provided countless numbers of people the opportunity to become involved in the struggle for racial equality. The civil rights... Appears in: 41 | The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Legislating Equality Winter 2015 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
Essay "The Merits of This Fearful Conflict": Douglass on the Causes of the Civil War David W. Blight In the spring of 1871, Frederick Douglass was worried. Six years after Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Grant was now President of the United States, the Union of northern and southern states was...
History Now Essay Suggested Resources on the Civil War and the Battle of Antietam from the Archivist Mary-Jo Kline Prof. McPherson is the author of Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), the authoritative study of the battle and its aftermath. You and your students may also want to look at some of... Appears in: 31 | Perspectives on America’s Wars Spring 2012