Recent years have seen a "new Civil War," a debate over who should be honored in Statuary Hall
in the United States Congress. This book is the first ever to review the history of the relationship between
Statuary Hall and both Civil Wars, the one which was fought in the 19th century and the one ongoing now.
Statuary Hall was created in the midst of the war, in 1864, via legislation authored by
Representative Justin Morrill of Vermont to...
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