The Emerging Civil War Podcast kicks off a new feature, “Three Things,” in which a pair of our historians each share three things they’ve learned over the last year that surprised them. This week, Kevin Donovan and Evan Portman—“Kevin and Evan”—join host Chris Mackowski to share what they’ve learned.

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