Allen Guelzo's "Our Ancient Faith"

When driving to destinations from home and back, I occupy my time by listening to YouTube videos of Civil War historians on my mobile phone. I am curious to hear their ideas and stories.

The best crop of Civil War historians today, in my estimation, include: Eric Foner at Columbia, Gary Gallagher at the University of Virginia, David Blight at Yale, and Allen Guelzo now at Princeton, but formerly at Gettysburg College. Each has a collection of videos.

Plus, each possesses that innate ability to bring to life the war, its people, its clash of ideas.

Last week, I listened to a sixty-minute interv...