At the end of Reconstruction, the old order reasserted itself, to varying degrees, throughout the former Confederate states. This period?Redemption, as it was called?was crucial in establishing the st
I Do Wish this Cruel War Was Over collects diaries, letters, and memoirs excerpted from their original publication in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly to offer a first-hand, ground-level view of the
The Louisiana Purchase was supposed to be one of history's greatest land deals, doubling the size of the US and gaining it control of the Mississippi River. However, neither the French who sold it nor
