Civil War scholar to speak, sign books Tuesday at Lincoln
Presidential Library
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[July 13, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- The summer
authors series at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and
Museum kicks off Tuesday with Thomas Mackey, the editor of an
ambitious series of books about laws, speeches and judicial rulings
that influenced the Civil War.
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Mackey will sign copies of "A Documentary History of the Civil War
Era: Volume 1, Legislative Achievements" at 6 p.m. and then speak in
the Lincoln Presidential Library's multipurpose room at 6:30.
Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. Visit
www.presidentlincoln.illinois.gov and click on "Special
event tickets and reservations."
Mackey, a law professor at the University of Louisville, is
working on a three-part collection of documents that are key to
understanding the Civil War. The first volume ranges from local
measures, such as the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C., to
major national changes like the 14th Amendment, which established
new rights to due process and equal protection.
The second volume collects important political speeches related
to the war, while the third will focus on key judicial decisions.
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Other authors appearing at the Lincoln Presidential Library and
Museum this summer are John Burt on July 24 and John Stauffer on
Aug. 22. Burt has written "Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism: Lincoln,
Douglas, and Moral Conflict," and Stauffer is co-author of "Battle
Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song That Marches On."
[Text from
Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
file received from the
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency] |