America’s Civil War
Chris Howland |
Published: March 14, 2011 at 10:01 am
A place for all things Lincoln—with a modern twist
Daniel Weinberg and Bjorn Skaptason of Chicago's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop bring the traditional book signing into the 21st century
Dan Weinberg. Photo by M. Sylvia Castle.What was the impetus …
Harold Holzer |
Published: March 14, 2011 at 10:01 am
Secession fever revisited
We can take an honest look at history, or just revise it to make it more palatable
Try this version of history: 150 years ago this spring, North Carolina and Tennessee became the final two Southern states …
Tim and Elizabeth Rowland |
Published: March 14, 2011 at 9:59 am
Preservationists win Wilderness battle
Rather than face what would likely have been an image-bruising court fight, Walmart has abandoned plans to build a retail supercenter on the doorstep of the Wilderness battlefield in central Virginia.
"This project has been controversial, …
Published: March 14, 2011 at 9:58 am
Jackson, Johnston and conflicting interests
The fate of strategic Harpers Ferry hung on the leadership styles of two Southern commanders
Confederate Battery at Harper's Ferry. Courtesy of the Harper's Ferry National Historic Park.
Ten weeks before earning the sobriquet "Stonewall" …
Gerald D. Swick |
Published: March 14, 2011 at 9:57 am
An Omen at Philippi
Flaws in the Confederate strategy were evident in the war's first brief land battle
On the night of June 2, 1861, and into the early hours of the next morning, thunderstorms lashed the mountains of northwestern …
Jason Emerson |
Published: March 14, 2011 at 9:57 am
My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth That Led to an American Tragedy
by Nora Titone
Free Press, 2010, $30
This new book by first-time author Nora Titone is so intrepidly original in its …
Harold Holzer |
Published: January 26, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Two Virginias, two Civil Wars?
The state in the forefront of war remembrance still argues over what happened
The state of Virginia has been back in the news, again at war with itself and again over issues relating to the …
Published: January 26, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Students snag chance to probe 'Camp Misery'
As if the indignity of losing at Fredericksburg were not enough, 100,000 Union soldiers (and 90,000 of their counterparts from the South) settled in to spend the winter along the banks of Virginia's …
Chris Howland |
Published: January 26, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Education, Preservation, Dedication
Civil War Trust President James Lighthizer has made saving endangered battlefields his life's passion Jim Lighthizer. Photo by Kevin Johnson.
What is the biggest threat to Civil War battlefield preservation right now?
No question about it, development—the …
Chris Howland |
Published: January 26, 2011 at 3:52 pm
The New York Times Complete Civil War, 1861-1865
Edited by Harold Holzer and Craig L. Symonds
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishing, 2010, $40
It is no stretch to say the New York Times was the nation's most powerful newspaper during …
Peter Cozzens |
Published: January 26, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Survival in an Alabama Slammer:
Inmates at the Confederacy’s Cahaba Federal Prison had little more food and a lot less space than prisoners at Andersonville, but their mortality rate was considerably lower—thanks to one man’s humanity.
Greg Bailey |
Published: January 26, 2011 at 3:51 pm
The one-way voyage of the Stone Fleet:
An aging armada sets course to become an obstacle
There may not have been a less impressive fleet in the entire history of the American Navy. The ships were old, long past their …
Published: November 08, 2010 at 3:37 pm
7 Lives Altered by Shiloh: Two Fateful Days Can Make Reputations, Shatter Families, and Shape Destinies
Harold Holzer |
Published: November 08, 2010 at 3:35 pm
As secession fever spreads through the South, political patriarchs try to avert war—-but at what price?
Ethan S. Rafuse |
Published: September 08, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Remembering the Confederates' last stand at Petersburg: The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865
by John J. Fox III
Angle Valley Press, 2010, $34.95
Although it typically doesn't attract the attention it merits, April 2, …
Tamela Baker |
Published: September 03, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Education that spans generations:
Peter Carmichael takes the helm of Gettysburg College's Civil War Institute, Gabor Boritt's innovative program for history students of all ages
Dr. Peter Carmichael. Photo by Tamela Baker.What attracted you to the Civil War Institute?…
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