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Jose H. Perez Sifuentes
History 4334 Civil War and Reconstruction
Prof. Kiser
Concept of Historical Memory
In the book Confederates in the Attic, Tony Horwitz documents how Americans
remember the Civil War by visiting confederate heartlands throughout the United States. As a
little boy, Horwitz used to spend hours looking at a Civil War sketchbook captivated by images
of Union and Confederate soldiers engaged in battle. After having a moment of deep awaking by
an unexpected Civil War reenactment, Horwitz embarked on a journey to analyze how
Americans remember the war. Throughout his journey, Horwitz encounters many Civil War
enthusiast. With every encounter, he writes about how much the Civil War is still alive in the
heads of many Americans. Despite the cruelty and harshness of people’s lives in southern United
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