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How Civil War Cartoonist Thomas Nast Created Our Image of Santa Claus and Turned Santa into a Full-Fledged Union Supporter

by Tonya McQuade

Posted on December 24, 2023

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“A Calm Still Morning”: Morgan’s Raiders at Salem—July 10, 1863

by Caroline Davis

Posted on December 23, 2023

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Book Review: The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg

by ECW Guest Post

Posted on December 23, 2023

Echoes of Reconstruction: Un-cancelling Longstreet

by ECW Guest Post

Posted on December 23, 2023

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ECW Weekender: Pecos National Historical Park

by Patrick Kelly-Fischer

Posted on December 22, 2023

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The Saddest Christmas

by Evan Portman

Posted on December 22, 2023

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Book Review: The Creation of a Crusader

by Sarah Kay Bierle

Posted on December 21, 2023

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Book Review: Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War

by ECW Guest Post

Posted on December 21, 2023

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Dude, Where’s My Candidate?: Lincoln, the Ballot, and the Election of 1860

by Cecily Nelson Zander

Posted on December 21, 2023

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