Enlisting memory in a new fight for freedom From the Gilded Age through the Progressive era, labor movements reinterpreted Abraham Lincoln as a liberator of wor

A comprehensive history of the Grand Army of the Republic, the largest organization of Union Civil War veterans in the United States. Covering topics such as th

Covers the essential factors which shaped the battles and ultimately determined the outcome of the Civil War.

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A narrative of service in the 47th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865.