The Civil War and Pop Culture: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War( Chris Mackowski and Jon Tracey - CH) coffee mug Among the most tragic campaigns

Among the most tragic campaigns of the war

and his children and grandchildren helped chart the course of the Early American Republic

Posing as master and slave

Kentucky saw some of the earliest fighting in the war

Although the book presents the most detailed and richly drawn portrait ever written of Sarah Hemings

The Civil War and Pop Culture: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War( Chris Mackowski and Jon Tracey - CH) coffee mug Among the most tragic campaignsEdited by Jon Tracey and Chris Mackowski The American Civil War left indelible marks on Americas imaginationcollectively and as individuals. In the century and a half since the war, musicians have written songs, writers have crafted histories and literature, and artists and filmmakers have recreated scenes from the battlefield. Beyond popular media, the battle rages on during sporting events where Civil War inspired mascots carry on old traditions.