The American Civil War is most often remembered through its great battles, its military leaders, the Union’s determination to preserve the nation, and the Confederacy’s effort to establish an independent country founded upon the preservation of enslavement. These are important parts of the story, but they do not tell the whole story. Beneath the familiar …

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