David Silkenat, a Duke grad with a PhD from UNC-Chapel Hill and now a senior lecturer of American History at the University of Edinburgh, talks about a new way to study the Civil War–through the lens of surrender at he describes in his new book,

 “Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War”

Read D.G. Martin’s column about the new book at

https://chapelboro.com/town-square/one-on-one-a-new-way-to-look-at-the-civil-war