History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » America’s Civil War http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 March and April, 1862 http://www.historynet.com/march-and-april-1862.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=march-and-april-1862 http://www.historynet.com/march-and-april-1862.htm#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:13:40 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684788 Stunning events on land and sea: Naval warfare is reinvented and a placid church gets a bloodbath

March

March 3 – President Lincoln appoints Andrew Johnson, the only Southern U.S. senator to remain loyal after his state seceded, military governor …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/march-and-april-1862.htm/feed 0 Field Notes http://www.historynet.com/field-notes.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=field-notes http://www.historynet.com/field-notes.htm#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:12:14 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684828 Trail takes helm at Antietam Battlefield

Susan Trail was superintendent at Monocacy National Battlefield for eight years. Photograph courtesy of National Park Service.
Susan Trail was superintendent at Monocacy National Battlefield for eight years. Photograph courtesy of National Park Service.
Monocacy National Battlefield Super-intendent Susan Trail has been selected to serve in the same capacity at Antietam …

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Born Marie Brose in France, Marie Tepe had emigrated in her youth. She followed her tailor husband into the war. Image courtesy of USAMHI.
Born Marie Brose in France, Marie Tepe had emigrated in her youth. She followed her tailor husband into the war. Image courtesy of USAMHI.
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]]> http://www.historynet.com/fearless-french-mary.htm/feed 1 Reviews http://www.historynet.com/reviews.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews http://www.historynet.com/reviews.htm#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:10:39 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684829 Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz (Henry Holt, 2011, $29)

Tony Horwitz is one of today's keenest commentators on the American character. In Midnight Rising, he turns his intuitive eye …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/reviews.htm/feed 0 Still current at 99 http://www.historynet.com/still-current-at-99.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=still-current-at-99 http://www.historynet.com/still-current-at-99.htm#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:09:19 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684786 Richard Nelson Current's 1958 biography of Abraham LIncoln shattered myths and inspired readers–including a certain Queens fifth-grader.

A few months ago I e-mailed my friend Marcia Current to ask if her husband felt strong enough to send his annual message …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/still-current-at-99.htm/feed 0 A vast rebel conspiracy on the Great Lakes http://www.historynet.com/a-vast-rebel-conspiracy-on-the-great-lakes.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-vast-rebel-conspiracy-on-the-great-lakes http://www.historynet.com/a-vast-rebel-conspiracy-on-the-great-lakes.htm#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:08:47 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684831
A speculative rendering of the Canadian merchant Georgian, by Gregory Proch
A speculative rendering of the Canadian merchant Georgian, by Gregory Proch

The Georgian started its life as a merchant steamer, but Confederate agents in Canada had darker plans

The quiet streets of Toronto stretched away from Dr. James Bates, disappearing …

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Features

How Washington got its police force
Frustrated soldiers, stung by the loss at Bull Run, ran amok in the capital—until the president stepped in.
By Ron Soodalter

A different kind of …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-march-2012-americas-civil-war.htm/feed 0 An un-civil war over criticism http://www.historynet.com/an-un-civil-war-over-criticism-2.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-un-civil-war-over-criticism-2 http://www.historynet.com/an-un-civil-war-over-criticism-2.htm#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:45:45 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684457 Abraham Lincoln's critics were vitriolic, but at least he didn't have to deal with them in a daily twitter feed.

This past summer, a beleaguered Barack Obama invited a new wave of criticism—if such criticism really surprises him or us …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/an-un-civil-war-over-criticism-2.htm/feed 1 Diaries of a Liberty Hall Volunteer return home http://www.historynet.com/diaries-of-a-liberty-hall-volunteer-return-home.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diaries-of-a-liberty-hall-volunteer-return-home http://www.historynet.com/diaries-of-a-liberty-hall-volunteer-return-home.htm#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:45:23 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684459 An old Washington and Lee alum—with a little help from his friends—has posthumously provided his alma mater with a treasure trove of firsthand observations of the Civil War in Virginia, after some alert re-enactors and a Lexington historian spotted his …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/diaries-of-a-liberty-hall-volunteer-return-home.htm/feed 0 In Time of War - 150 years ago http://www.historynet.com/in-time-of-war-150-years-ago.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-time-of-war-150-years-ago http://www.historynet.com/in-time-of-war-150-years-ago.htm#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:44:46 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684460 January

1 - The Lincoln administration releases Confederate emissaries James Mason and John Slidell from Fort Warren in Boston Harbor, ending the Trent Affair. The diplomats continued their voyage to Europe, on an unsuccessful mission to win support for the …

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