<description>&lt;p&gt;Was George Washington a Federal or a Confederate? Historian Abbi Smithmyer joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about the ways Northerners and Southerners alike tried to lay claim to Washington&amp;#39;s memory to give their side more legitimacy during the Civil War.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠&lt;a href="civilwartrails.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"&gt;civilwartrails.org&lt;/a&gt;⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Was George Washington a Federal or a Confederate? Historian Abbi Smithmyer joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about the ways Northerners and Southerners alike tried to lay claim to Washington&#39;s memory to give their side more legitimacy during the Civil War.</p><p>This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails, the world’s largest open-air museum, offering more than 1,500 sites across six states. Request a brochure at ⁠⁠<a href="civilwartrails.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">civilwartrails.org</a>⁠⁠ to start planning your trip today.</p>


Emerging Civil War

George Washington and the Civil War (with Abbi Smithmyer)

George Washington and the Civil War (with Abbi Smithmyer)

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