Was George Washington a Federal or a Confederate? Historian Abbi Smithmyer joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about the ways Northerners and Southerners alike tried to lay claim to Washington’s memory to give their side more legitimacy during the Civil War. This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, … Continue reading ECW Podcast: George Washington and the Civil War (with Abbi Smithmyer)