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David Silkenat spoke about the Confederate defeat at the end of the Civil War and the idea of Southern “honor.” Mr. Silkenat explained how generals, politicians, and citizens in the North an…

Historians spoke about the return of Confederate veterans across the South after the end of the Civil War. They spoke at “Reconstruction and the Legacy of the War,” the 2016 summer confer…

David Silkenat and Kathleen Brian talked about suicide in America during the 19th century. They were interviewed at the 2013 Organization of American Historians meeting in San Francisco, Cal…