A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era (Andrew F. Lang - CH) Section-Referance Books likely a cog in the

likely a cog in the underground railroad

which began in April 1861 and came to an end in the last days of April 1865

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and the war’s effect on civilians in general and women in particular

the National Park Service maintains the Gettysburg National Military Park

A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era (Andrew F. Lang - CH) Section-Referance Books likely a cog in theby Andrew F. Lang Most mid nineteenth century Americans regarded the United States as an exceptional democratic republic that stood apart from a world seemingly riddled with revolutionary turmoil and aristocratic consolidation. Viewing themselves as distinct from and even superior to other societies, Americans considered their nation an unprecedented experiment in political moderation and constitutional democracy. But as abolitionism in England,