Sick from Freedom
Jim Downs talked about his book Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering During the Civil War and Recon…
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania hosted a conference on Reconstruction and the legacy of the Civil War. Authors… read more
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania hosted a conference on Reconstruction and the legacy of the Civil War. Authors, historians, and professors discussed topics such as refugee camps for former slaves, General Ulysses S. Grant’s post-war career, and Reconstruction in the North. Other topics included the return of Confederate veterans and the origins of the “Lost Cause.” close
Jim Downs talked about his book Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering During the Civil War and Recon…
William Marvel described the economic factors driving many poor northerners to enlist in the Union army. He is the autho…
Historian Susannah Ural talked about her book, Hood’s Texas Brigade: The Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy’s Most…
Gettysburg College Civil War Institute director Peter Carmichael talked to James Robertson about his academic career, hi…