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How untold stories of the Civil War help make sense of today's political division

The cover of "Midnight on the Potomac" and author Scott Ellsworth. (Courtesy of Dutton and Jared Lazarus)
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The cover of "Midnight on the Potomac" and author Scott Ellsworth. (Courtesy of Dutton and Jared Lazarus)

A historian shatters myths from the last, desperate months of the Civil War to help us better understand the deep division in our country now.

Here & Now鈥榮 Sarah McCammon speaks with . His latest book is 鈥.鈥

Book excerpt: 鈥楳idnight on the Potomac鈥

By Scott Ellsworth

Reprinted with permission from the publisher, Dutton. All rights reserved.

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