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Robert E. Lee spoke urged the nation to "not keep open the sores of war" (149).  Was this unique among southerners? - Erin B.
 
Robert E. Lee spoke urged the nation to "not keep open the sores of war" (149).  Was this unique among southerners? - Erin B.
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Within the first 20 years after the Civil War ended, Memorial Days became days of reconciliation for many Americans but days of great distress for those who felt the South should not have been forgiven. How does this struggle represent the different memories people had about why the war was fought in the first place? - Angie
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Blight talks about how newspapers began publishing the war stories of individual soldiers after the War. He also says that much of the space was given to Southerners as opposed to Northerners. Why were people more interested in reading the stories of the South? - Angie

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