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Stephen Cushman (University of Virginia)
Robert Whisonant (Radford University); Cliff Boyd (Radford University)
English professor Stephen Cushman (University of Virginia) reflects on the complexities and contemporary reverberations of the Civil War in his new book on the bloody Battle of the Wilderness, in which as many as 30,000 Union and Confederate soldiers lost their lives.
Also featured: A visit to Saltville where geologist Robert Whisonant (Radford University) and archeologist Cliff Boyd (Radford University) are digging to discover the full story of the massacre of black Union troops in 1864.
