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Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Lincoln: No sale says the NPS at Ford’s Theatre

A careful review of Bill O’Reilly’s newest book by Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site Deputy Superintendent Rae Emerson...
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Gary Gallagher's The Union War: Challenging academia on the war's true purpose

  • The Union War
  • November 1, 2011
The Union Warby Gary W. GallagherHarvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 2011215 pages, $27.95Of the more than one hundred and fifty names applied...
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Blood and Ink: The Newseum's just -opened exhibit of civil war newspapers

  • Blood and Ink
  • October 4, 2011
A stunning display of more than 30 civil war newspapers recently opened at the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington. Titled and...
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How our perception of history changes: Consider Gettysburg

Suppose you had visitedGettysburgtwo days after the battle.Corpses littered sidewalks, porches, and backyard flower gardens. Resident Jennie Wade...
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Fame ... or fortune? Guarding the Potomac brings a stunning discovery

  • Maryland gold mine
  • August 15, 2011
In the aftermath of the Union’s recoiling defeat at Manassas, apprehension gripped Washington. What now? Determined to protect the nation...
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Likin' those Dixie flicks: Hollywood weighs in on the Southern classic

As we’ve already seen, Jeff Davis and Abe Lincoln both embraced Dan Emmett’s I Wish I Was In Dixie’s Land … the song most...
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That Alabama inaugural: A lesson from Jefferson Davis

  • Jefferson Davis inaugural
  • February 18, 2011
Since several of our recent Examiner articles focused on President Lincoln, we now spend a bit of time with President Davis. February 18, 2011, is...
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Black History: My Last Day as a Colored Man - Part 1 of 4

(Part 1 of a 4-Part Series)My father, the late Reverend James Oliver Allen Sr., shared his February 12th birthday with US President Abraham Lincoln...
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Spinning Lincoln? How about outright fraud?

Just when we thought we might adjourn our five article discussion on not spinning the civil war, we have this sad, just revealed document forgery...
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Addressing the legacy of our enduring Civil War

The day of the dedication proved to be a mild one for November. Indeed, more than 15,000—some estimates later put the crowd at double, even...
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