The Gilded Gentleman

Battlefields to Ballrooms: How the Civil War Influenced the Gilded Age

The Gilded Gentleman

Show Notes

We think of the Civil War and the Gilded Age as two distinct eras today, but the prosperous later years of 19th century America could never hide the deep scars of the war.

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