Our War

This blog is about my new Civil War history, Our War: Days and Events in the Fight for the Union.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Richard Russo finds himself – and his readers

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Through an essay-in-memoir called “The Identity Thief,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo tells the story of how he became ...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

A mother's dying wish, a son's destiny

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The coming of the Civil War was the defining moment of Francis Amsden Clary’s life, as it was for most of his generation. But for few men w...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Backstage with Billy Collins

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The other night I had the privilege of awarding the Donald Hall-Jane Kenyon Prize in American Poetry. Hall is an old friend. He and Kenyon, ...
Friday, October 4, 2013

A Gettysburg photo album

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A veteran stands before the monument of the 40th New York Infantry, known as the Mozart regiment. Its plaque is diamond-shaped after the ...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

'Killing the Southerners with kindness'

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Veterans pose at the 25th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg in 1888. In the front row are some of the major figures of the battle. ...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Robert Caro's relentless inquiry into power in public life

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This past weekend I had a chance to listen to a man who has pursued the mystery of one defining American quality for nearly half a century:...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

'The monument is wholly unlike any other on the ground, and naturally attracts much attention'

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Veterans and family members at the 5th New Hampshire monument dedication on July 2, 1886. Seated on the boulder with his feet on the groun...
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