Tony Horwitz

Tony Horwitz is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist who has written for The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker. His books include Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War and Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War.

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150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War
As the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg approaches, it's time for America to question the popular account of a war that tore apart the nation.
Tony Horwitz
June 19, 2013
The Mammy Washington Almost Had
In 1923, the U.S. Senate approved a new monument in D.C. "in memory of the faithful slave mammies of the South."
Tony Horwitz
May 31, 2013
'Lincoln': Does Knowing the Ending Blur Our Understanding of the Story?
Tony Horwitz
December 7, 2012
'Lincoln' Would Have Been Better if It Had Told More of Lincoln's Story
Tony Horwitz
December 5, 2012