Gregory P. Downs

Gregory P. Downs is an associate professor of history at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and the author of After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War.

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There's No National Site Devoted to Reconstruction—Yet

The National Park Service, which preserves many Civil War sites, is finally looking for a way to mark the struggles that defined its legacy.
- Gregory P. Downs and Kate Masur
- April 29, 2015