Commemoration of the American Civil War played by Taran Killam. News publication "The Week" mocked the retraction and remarked that it "[wa]sn't the most consequential apology, nor the most belated." The article proceeded to list other belated apologies, including a June 18, 2009 U.S. Senate resolution passed to apologize for the institution of slavery and segregation. Hollywood's take on the war has been especially influential in shaping public memory, as seen in such film "classics" as "Birth of a Nation" (1915), "Gone with the Wind" (1939), and "Lincoln (2012)". Commemoration of the American Civil War The commemoration of the American Civil War is based on the
Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War is a book combining a biography and military history of Confederate Lt. General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson's actions and results during the American Civil War. Written by British soldier and author G.F.R. Henderson, it was originally published in 1898 and became the author's most well-known work. The book follows Jackson's actions and results, beginning with his West Point and VMI days, to his Valley Campaign of 1862, as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Lee, and up to his wounding and