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Early in that fateful year, americans began to rally around an idea of remaking the country into a morally coherent stronghold of liberty. See more ideas about american civil war, war and civil war books. All wcpl locations are closed until further notice. His articles have appeared in national geographic, outside, smithsonian, the atlantic, and the new york times magazine, among others, and he is a regular columnist for the new york timess acclaimed online civil war series, disunion. In this gripping and original book, goodheart introduces us to a heretofore littleknown cast of civil war heroesamong. In addition to receiving widespread praise for this new work, adam is a longtime friend of the trust and the author of the landmark april 2005 national geographic article, saving civil war battlefields.
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