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Robert E. Lee as a “Fallen Leader”?

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Chris Mackowski

I’m working on a volume for the Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series on “Fallen Leaders.” As we did with last year’s symposium, the book considers leaders who not only fell, dead or wounded, on the battlefield but those who … Continue reading →

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Seidule’s Thesis on Lee: Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

I recently had the chance to read Ty Seidule’s new book Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause. As a Southerner, Seidule grew up in the shadow of Arlington Manor, immersed in … Continue reading →

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