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Judging George Custer
How can you judge a man when you devote your entire attention to the last day of his life?
By Stephen Budiansky
'Lee to the Rear!'
A rare first-person account sheds new light on the Confederate commander's brush with death
By Robert K. Krick
Hell on the Water
The transatlantic slave trade flourished for centuries
By Ron Soodalter
Bonus Infographic: David Fuller tracks slave commerce
Lee's Armored Car
Photographic clues reveal a fearsome weapon's origins
By David H. Schneider
Super Spy From Wales
The Rebs had no idea they were leading a Pinkerton man right to their camp in western Virginia
By Gavin Mortimer
Departments
Mail Call
Whitworth bullets; defending George B. McClellan—or not; Crater massacre
Civil War Today
Historic maps online; Gettysburg monument's missing inscription
New Smithsonian Extra: Artifacts from the "Nation's Attic"
Blue & Gray
The war was won in the East
By Gary W. Gallagher
Field Guide
Washington, D.C., city of monumental surprises
Collateral Damage
The Weikert Farm's controversial legacy
By Harry Smeltzer
Interview
Garry Adelman on photography and preservation
Letter From Civil War Times
Reviews
Ethnic Americans at war; guerrillas out West; Ben Grierson's raid through Dixie
Resources
Custer's career; Texan's burial place; D.C. cemetery tours
Characters
Caricatures by Mike Caplanis
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