![]() ![]() Surprisingly, many of the Rebels are not from the states of the old Confederacy. He finds that the Confederacy remains wildly popular at many reenactments “Rebels” outnumber “Yankees” 2 to 1, though the Yankees almost always had more soldiers during the original battles. ![]() One of Horwitz’s best decisions was to examine the Civil War “reenactors” who like to stage mock versions of the old battles. Perhaps the best thing about the book is that Horwitz can just flat write, introducing readers to colorful people and taking them to memorable places. Roughly 20 years ago, he revisited the Civil War’s old battlefields and spoke with many Americans to see why we are still so passionately divided about the war. Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic suggests that at least the “b” part might not be entirely true. Review – To its critics, the United States is a nation with a) little history and b) little appetite for remembering the history that we do have. ![]() Confederates in the Attic – Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War. ![]()
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