Death of the President: The Murder of Abraham Lincoln

Authors

John R. Neff, University of Mississippi

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John R. Neff , Director of the Center for Civil War Research, University of Mississippi Dr. Neff is a Civil War historian who not only examines the military aspects of the war but also analyzes the momentous social and political ramifcations wrought by the conflict. His most recent book, Honoring the Civil War Dead: Commemoration and the Problem of Reconciliation (2004), examined how memorializing the war dead kept alive lingering sectional animosities and subsequently impeded the process of reconciliation. Dr. Neff is currently working on an examination of Civil War memory in postwar Chicago.

Publication Date

4-15-2015

Relational Format

presentation

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Recommended Citation

Neff, John R., "Death of the President: The Murder of Abraham Lincoln" (2015). Burnham Lecture in Civil War History. 6.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/burnham_lecture/6