Blog Recommendation: Disunion

[palecur]

As someone who was educated outside of the United States, and as a result had only a vague sort of idea about the workings of the internal conflict in the country circa 1860, I'm completely fascinated by the NYTimes' Disunion blog. The Times' archives go back that far. Seriously. So every day or so they post a clipping from the archives, giving you

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[jackkansas]

Fascinating! I look forward to reading these. One of the best books on the American Civil War is Carl Sandburg's biography of Abraham Lincoln (the "War Years", 1939). Although ostensibly a biography of Lincoln, the book is a magnificent history of the war, really one of the most astonishing pieces of historical writing I've ever read.

The major difference between historical discourse then and now is that it's more civilized now. Really.

[lovmelovmycats]

This is cool! Thanks for the recc!

[intrepid_glory]

Neat!