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 "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 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
History Now Essay Women and Wagoners: Camp Followers in the American War for Independence Holly A. Mayer 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ An old tune called "The Girl I Left Behind Me" tells of a lovelorn soldier yearning to return home to his waiting fair maid. Although there is a good chance that this song was fifed during the Revolutionary War, the earliest... Appears in: 21 | The American Revolution Fall 2009
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...