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Fergus M. Bordewich

Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction

Fergus M. Bordewich

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Ulysses S. Grant finishing his memoir shortly before he died.

Grant vs. the Klan

New books reconsider how Ulysses S. Grant became a forceful defender of the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.

by David S. Reynolds via New York Review of Books on September 26, 2024

Watercolor of Abraham Lincoln with soldiers in swirls of red across his face.

Abraham Lincoln’s Radical Moderation

What the president understood that the zealous Republican reformers in Congress didn’t.

by Andrew Ferguson via The Atlantic on February 15, 2020

Illustration of Lincoln consulting with military figures in a tent.

Did Lincoln Really Matter?

What the Civil War tells us about who has the power to shape history.

by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on February 10, 2020

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