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“The American Civil War has an official end date, and that end date is August 1866,” Vorenberg said. Notably, the official ...

Chris Bohjalian’s 25th novel, “The Jackal’s Mistress,” was inspired by the true story of a Southern woman who helped an ...

On my periodic trips to Atlanta, I often stop at one of my favorite bookstores, A Capella Books near Inman Park. During my ...

Civil War America, a small number of Jewish slaveowners defended the practice. Other prominent Jews joined with abolitionists ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...