Tag Archives: US Civil War

How to Teach the American Civil War

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Daniel Clinkman

Last night I finished reading Dudley Taylor Cornish’s The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865, a history of the United States Colored Troops (USCT), and it has dramatically changed my view on how to teach the American Civil … Continue reading →

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Why were there no decisive battles in the US Civil War?

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Daniel Clinkman

There’s an interesting discussion going on in response to a post by James Q. Whitman at the New York Times’ Disunion blog. Whitman argues that the reason the US Civil War did not have decisive field battles, and instead ended … Continue reading →

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