Welcome to Civil War Journeys

"... understanding the history of the Civil War is something that every American and every young American should be a part of"

--- President Barack Obama, ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos, April 9, 2010

"The past is never dead. It's not even the past."

--- William Faulkner

"If we truly want to be faithful stewards of the past, Americans need to recall what the war was about: slavery and the definition of human liberty. And the Civil War's true legacy is not about Big Government or today's political skirmishing --- it's about a nation's obligation to live up to the best part of itself. Slavery was an evil, and it had to be defeated."

--- Jon Meacham, Executive Editor of Random House, in "America's War Without End," Parade Magazine, April 10, 2011, p. 19.

"All wars are boyish and are fought by boys"

--- Herman Melville

How Americans feel about issues surrounding the Civil War

Fifty-six percent of Americans think the Civil War is still relevant to U.S. politics, public life¹
Forty-six percent believe that it is inappropriate today for public officials to praise Confederate leaders²
Forty-eight percent say that the main cause of the Civil War was mainly about state's rights³

(Source: Pew Research Center poll of 1,507 adults, March 30-April3; margin of error +/- 3.5 percentage points)

Notes:

¹ Important historically, but little relevance today (39%) and Don't know (5%)

² Appropriate (36%) and Don't know (15%)

³ Mainly about slavery (38%), Both equally (9%), Don't know (6%)

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The Civil War at a Glance

Civil War Overview - Microsoft Photo Story Presentation

The American Civil War - Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

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