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From a soldier’s diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown’s pike, the Emancipation Proclamation, a Confederate Palmetto flag, and the leaves from Abraham Lincoln’s bier, Harold Holzer and Eric Foner provide a unique and intimate look at the Civil War through the New- York Historical Society’s renowned collection.

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Harold Holzer has written or edited more than 40 books on Lincoln and the Civil War era, including The Civil War in 50 Objects, the companion volume to a new rotating display at the New-York Historical Society. Eric Foner (moderator) is a Professor of History at Columbia University and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Priz