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Reliving the Past, at the Same Pace
Disunion (2010 NYT Column)
Runup to the Civil War
US Civil War (1861-1865, 750K dead)
Union Army
Gen. Joseph Hooker
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As Abraham Lincoln wrote to Major General Joseph Hooker, “I have heard … of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command.”
The byline was born out of the American Civil War.