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Published: September 23, 1999 at 1:01 am
For 9-year-old Willy Sherman, a carefree visit to the battlefield brought him a fatal illness.
Despite being shot in the leg by a Confederate sharpshooter, 12-year-old Fred Grant thoroughly enjoyed visiting his father, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, at Vicksburg, …
Published: September 23, 1999 at 1:01 am
Germs, not bullets, were a Civil War soldier's deadliest foes. Army doctors were a close second.
Yellow fever, although justly dreaded during the Civil War, was far from the only disease threatening Union and Confederate troops during the war. Indeed, …
Published: September 23, 1998 at 1:01 am
In love, as in war, Confederate General John Bell Hood was the personification of bad luck.
When Confederate General John Bell Hood rode into Atlanta in July 1864 to take charge of the embattled Army of Tennessee, he was already …
Published: September 23, 1998 at 1:01 am
Contrary to widespread belief, even 'Beast' Butler had a better side. He just kept it well hidden.
If the Confederate States of America had ever offered a prize for the most hated Union general, New Hampshire-born Benjamin Butler would have …
Published: September 23, 1998 at 1:01 am
On the occasion of our 10th anniversary, we look back with pride at promises made and kept.
Ten years ago this month, a sergeant in the 4th Alabama Infantry defiantly waved his new national banner from the cover of an …
Published: September 23, 1998 at 1:01 am
From the EditorAmerica's Civil War
'Devil Dan' Sickles ruined his reputation long before his misadventures at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
"Devil Dan" Sickles was notorious and controversial long before his ill-advised sorties imperiled the Union army at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. …
Published: September 23, 1998 at 1:01 am
Even the best of spies–as Timothy Webster discovered–can find themselves holding a losing hand.
When Indiana Sergeant Thomas Harter jumped into the Rapidan River and swam back toward Union lines to warn Major General John Pope of the mortal danger …
Published: September 23, 1998 at 1:01 am
Whether hidden in coffins or hollowed-out watermelons, contraband whiskey regularly found its way into camp.
During the Civil War, as with all wars, excessive drinking was not limited to high-ranking officers. Humble men in the ranks also turned to alcohol …
Published: September 23, 1997 at 1:01 am
At Antietam, George McClellan and his 'bodyguard' dawdled throughout a long 'Fatal Thursday.'
This issue of America's Civil War takes a close look at the Battle of Antietam on this, the 135th anniversary of the battle. There are feature-length articles …
Published: September 23, 1997 at 1:01 am
For five former American presidents, the Civil War was a heartbreaking trial of loyalty and emotion.
Zachary Taylor's death from acute gastroenteritis in the middle of his presidential term spared him the heartbreak of having to choose sides in the …
Published: September 23, 1997 at 1:01 am
Eyewitness accounts help put the towering events of the Civil War into a recognizably human context.
When New Jersey poet Walt Whitman predicted during the Civil War that "the real war will never get into the books," he wasreferring to …
Published: September 23, 1997 at 1:01 am
From the EditorAmerica's Civil War
At Belmont, Ulysses S. Grant remembered all too clearly Gideon Pillow's Mexican War misadventures.
No future Civil War general left the Mexican War with a higher rank–or a lower reputation–than Confederate General Gideon Pillow. …
Published: September 23, 1997 at 1:01 am
'Famous last words' sometimes depend on who heard them and what the listener wanted to hear.
Stonewall Jackson's famous last words–"Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees"–have entered the national lexicon as a …
Published: September 23, 1997 at 1:01 am
The unexpected and unnecessary Loring-Jackson incident almost derailed two promising military careers.
When Major General William Wing Loring led the successful Confederate defense of Yazoo Pass in March 1863 (see story, P. 46), he unwittingly earned himself a new nickname. …
Published: September 23, 1996 at 1:01 am
From the EditorAmerica's Civil War
Jefferson Davis' Mexican War exploits led directlyto the Confederate White House.
When Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as president of the Confederacy, it was with some regret that he assumed a post …
Published: September 23, 1996 at 1:01 am
From the EditorAmerica's Civil War
Judson Kilpatrick's thwarted raid on Richmond had a sinister motive behind it–nothing less than coldblooded murder.
When Major General William T. Sherman called his new cavalry chief, Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick, "a hell of …
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