Tag Archives: William Still

BookChat with Brian Luskey, Author of Men is Cheap

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Brian Luskey, associate professor of history at West Virginia University. Luskey is the author of Men Is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War … Continue reading →

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African-Americans in the Civil War (Part 2)

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Steward T. Henderson

Part two in a series. While thousands of slaves escaped slavery before the Civil War, in many cases using the Underground Railroad, thousands more escaped slavery during the Civil War.  In 1862, from April to August the Union army occupied … Continue reading →

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