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Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest The Sons of Confederate Veterans’ recent proposal for a Mississippi state-issued license plate in honor Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was...
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Civil War Anniversary News Roundup – February 27-March 5, 2011
News coverage of Civil War events continued to run high this past week as the nation remembers the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the conflict. The main event this week in history was Abraham...
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We Got Punked, Lincoln Forgery-Style
Alexander Stephens It was bound to happen sooner or later. Last week, sadly, we discovered that there was a forged document in the House Divided research engine. David Gerleman from the Papers of...
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Art Versus History in the Lincoln Movie Opening
The main narrative of Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” movie opens with a dream that Abraham Lincoln describes to Mary Lincoln in early January 1865. This is historical in nature, but not true in every...
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How the “Lincoln” Movie Invented Its Lobbying Scenes
Although “Lincoln” is a serious movie with a high moral purpose, there is still a great deal of comic relief provided mostly by an amusing trio of corrupt lobbyists. What students might find confusing...
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How the “Lincoln” Movie Reconstructed Thaddeus Stevens
In the scene in Spielberg’s “Lincoln” which introduces the audience to Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R, PA), the chairman of the House Committee of Ways and Means, the script describes the setting in Stevens’...
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Did Abraham Lincoln Really Slap His Son?
No single film could ever hope to capture the range of historical interpretations that have been offered to explain the complicated Lincoln family dynamics. Some historians consider the marriage...
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15 Examples of Fiction in “Lincoln” Movie Climax
According to the “Lincoln” movie script, Friday, January 27, 1865 was an action-packed and pivotal day. It was the day of Thaddeus Stevens’s controlled performance in the House, declaring himself...
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Understanding What “Lincoln” Movie Changed About 1865 Peace Talks
One of the several critical strands in the “Lincoln” movie concerns the controversy surrounding the Hampton Roads peace talks (February 3, 1865), where President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward...
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Register Today for “Understanding Lincoln,” a New Online Course
The House Divided Project at Dickinson College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History are doing something unprecedented. They are launching an open,online graduate course called...
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New Details about the “First Draft” of the Gettysburg Address
On Tuesday evening, July 7, 1863, Abraham Lincoln responded to a “serenade” from a crowd outside the White House celebrating the wonderful news received in Washington earlier that day that Vicksburg...
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Storify in the Classroom
The other day, I was asked to come up with a creative way to display an educational project on a social media site, like Pinterest. I was a little frustrated at how Pinterest limits your “pins” to...
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Civil War Anniversary News Roundup – February 27-March 5, 2011
News coverage of Civil War events continued to run high this past week as the nation remembers the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the conflict. The main event this week in history was Abraham...
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Who is the real Sam Wilkeson?
As readers of Blog Divided are well aware, we have been fascinated by the story of Samuel and Bayard Wilkeson, a father and son who were both at Gettysburg, one as a correspondent for the New York...
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Introducing “What Would Lincoln Do?”
I am moderating a special panel at Ford’s Theatre on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm on the always relevant topic of “What Would Lincoln Do? Understanding How Lincoln Gets Used (And...
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WWLD: Lincoln and the Debt Ceiling
In the days leading up to our expert panel at Ford’s Theatre, we thought it might be useful to scan the headlines for the latest in Lincoln invocations, political or otherwise. In other words, who’s...
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Our Top Ten Lincoln Resources
To honor Lincoln’s 205th birthday, we are tweeting out the top ten Lincoln resources from House Divided. But here is the full list: #1 Lincoln’s Writings: The Multi-Media Edition Created by...
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The mysterious new Lincoln letter
This photo of a newly discovered Lincoln letter (provided by the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project) provoked scholars to wonder why there is a section mysteriously clipped out Last Friday, the...
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What People Are Saying About “Understanding Lincoln”
Last year, nearly 750 participants signed up for a unique online learning experience. ”Understanding Lincoln” was the first open, online graduate course offered in partnership between the House...
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