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Texas Woman's University history professor Cecily Zander discussed the federal government's efforts to explore and control the American west from the early 1800's through the Civil War.

The White House Historical Association, in this virtual event, hosted a reassessment of President Ulysses…

The Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, Virginia, hosted this event.

Ukrainian human rights activist Oleksandra Matviichuk and National Democratic Institute (NDI) President Tamara Cofman Wittes discussed democracy and the Russia-Ukraine war at an event co-hosted by NDI and the Women's Foreign Policy Group in Washington, DC. Topics discussed included democracy in Ukraine, gender-based violence and war crimes against Ukrainians, holding Russia accountable in international courts, and the role of the U.S. and other allies in their support for Ukraine. .

The Virginia Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, hosted this talk.

Historian Harold Holzer described the American immigrant population before and during the Civil War, and how it impacted the country's culture, politics, and future.

Historian Manisha Sinha looked at the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War and argues that the period did not end in 1877, but rather continued through 1920 and the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

University of Oxford history professor Adam Smith talked about how the politics and opinion of Northern communities shifted during the Civil War to support for both the war and destruction of slavery. The Virginia Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, hosted this talk.

Author William Styple talked about artist James Kelly who interviewed dozens of Union Civil War generals after the war to understand their war and depict it in art.

It's the war between the States - of the States addresses! ... Instead of the Blue versus the Gray, this civil war - the rhetorical civil war -- is the Blue versus the Red.

Andrews (Scotland) history professor Andrew Pettegree talked about the connections between books and military conflicts since the Civil War.

Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black talked about Harriet Tubman’s role in the 1863 Com…

Author Elizabeth Varon discussed Confederate General James Longstreet, who later embraced Reconstruction …

Several topics were addressed, including the Ukraine-Russia war, comparisons of Russia's behavior today to the Russian Revolution of 1917, the need to free political prisoners, and the impact of globalization on dictatorships. Also touched upon were the various scenarios that may occur in a post-Putin Russia, including the possible rise of a democratic government or chaos and civil war.

Historians Edward Achorn, Joseph Fornieri, Ronald White, Harold Holzer, and Erin Carlson Mast discussed P…

Historian Jonathan White talked about how even though the slave trade was outlawed, it persisted through …

Historian Edward Achorn talked about the 1860 Republican convention and how unlikely Abraham Lincoln was …

This was part of the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier's annual event in Petersburg, Virginia.

Historians Jake Friefeld, Brian Mitchell, and John Rodrigue talked about how the nation moved from the Em…

Historian Ronald White talked about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, an unlikely Civil War General who became a hero of the 1863 Union victory in Gettysburg.