How untold stories of the Civil War help make sense of today's political division

A historian shatters myths from the last, desperate months of the Civil War to help us better understand the deep division in our country now.

Here & Now's Sarah McCammon speaks with Scott Ellsworth. His latest book is "Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination and the rebirth of America."

By Scott Ellsworth

Reprinted with permission from the publisher, Dutton. All rights reserved.