One More War to Fight

Stephen A. Goldman is a psychiatrist with decades of experience in academic and clinical medicine, and public health. Having treated and worked with combat veterans, he has deeply studied the Civil War, Reconstruction, race, and the impact of war itself. The only physician to serve on the Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors, his thought-provoking findings have been welcomed on television, radio, podcasts, and other venues.

• Foreword (John R. Sellers, PhD)IntroductionShouldering “The Unfinished Work”Getting Political: The Midterm Elections and the Fourteenth AmendmentReconstruction and African American EqualityDoing Battle with the Ku Klux Klan and the End of ReconstructionThe Fight Against Jim Crow and the Grand Army of the RepublicThe Grand Army of the Republic Keeps the FaithReconciliation, Resistance to the Lost Cause, and LynchingCommemoration and Controversy: How to Honor the Civil War DeadBetrayal, Remembrance, and Standing FastThe Lee Statue: The Grand Army’s Last StandIn AppreciationEndnotesIndexAbout the Author

Stephen Goldman’s One More War to Fight is an in-depth examination of the actions of Union veterans in the post–Civil War era as they united and fought for Black equality in both the North and South. Extensivelyresearched and eloquently written, Goldman’s book argues that numerous white veterans continued their fight after the Civil War, one they fought forwell into the twentieth century.