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America’s Civil WarAmerica's Civil War - May 2013 - Table of ContentsPublished: March 05, 2013 at 11:16 am
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How in the world did they shoot Jackson?
The forest at Chancellorsville was so thick that hitting anything was nearly impossible. No wonder they called it the Wilderness.
By Kristopher D. White …
Lincoln images reconsideredPublished: March 05, 2013 at 11:15 am
No event of the 19th century aroused as much enthusiasm, controversy and culture change as the presidential proclamation issued on January 1, 1863. Writers and artists of the day immediately and instinctively understood that Abraham Lincoln's proclamation changed everything, first …
Letters - America's Civil War May 2013Published: March 05, 2013 at 11:15 am
Clear and concise
I've always liked America's Civil War, but the March issue was great and particularly easy to understand. I am not a military person, nor am I well versed in mapmaking. I am often confounded by descriptions …
May - June 1863Published: March 05, 2013 at 11:14 am
May
1-4 – The Army of Northern Virginia wins a decisive battle at Chancellorsville, Va.
1-2 – Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drive Rebels from Port Gibson in Mississippi, opening a path to Vicksburg.
2 – Confederate …
Virginia's great divorcePublished: March 05, 2013 at 11:14 am
Debate over secession ignited already smoldering differences until the Union finally claimed custody of West Virginia.
How in the world did they shoot Stonewall Jackson?Published: March 05, 2013 at 11:12 am
It’s one of the best-known stories of the Civil War: Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is accidentally shot by his own men during the Battle of Chancellorsville and then dies a few days later. His death, perhaps, alters the course of the war itself.
Book Reviews - May 2013Published: March 05, 2013 at 11:10 am
Year of Glory: The Life and Battles of Jeb Stuart and His Cavalry, June 1862-June 1863 by Monte Akers, Casemate 2012, $32.95
The 12 months covered in this book—June 1862 to June 1863—arguably marked Jeb Stuart's zenith as the Army …
News - May 2013Published: March 05, 2013 at 11:10 am
Fredericksburg basement a Civil War time capsule
In what has proved to be a treasure trove for Civil War historians and archaeologists, a recently uncovered basement from a long-gone house on Princess Anne Street in Fredericksburg, Va., reveals what might be called …
The Big SqueezePublished: January 15, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Union Pundits laughed at Winfield Scott’s “Anaconda” plan—until it worked.
The Other LeePublished: January 15, 2013 at 4:11 pm
Everybody knows about Marse Robert—but Smith lee was the major player when the war began. What happened?
News - March 2013Published: January 15, 2013 at 4:10 pm
Newly recovered Hood papers refute Spring Hill story
Confederate General John Bell Hood has always been blamed for allowing Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield to slip past him at Spring Hill, Tenn., on November 29, 1864, setting the stage for …
Letter - America's Civil War March 2013Published: January 15, 2013 at 4:09 pm
Don't mess with Texas
Thanks to Gordon Berg for a not-all-together unfavorable review of my book Hood's Texas Brigade in the Civil War (January 2013). However, I?must take exception to several things. If Mr. Berg finds the text's 288 pages …
When the people win by votingPublished: January 15, 2013 at 4:08 pm
Lincoln insisted the election of 1864 go forward—even though he was sure he would lose
You hear it all the time, from Democrats and Republicans alike: The 2012 presidential campaign was the ugliest, the longest and the most expensive ever. …
America's Civil War - March 2013 - Table of ContentsPublished: January 15, 2013 at 4:06 pm
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The fall of the House of Dixie
Soaring inflation, crippling desertion, spreading poverty and mixed loyalties—who wants to be Jefferson Davis?
By Bruce Levine
The big squeeze
In 1861, Winfield Scott presented a serpentine strategy for winning the war. …
Book Reviews - March 2013Published: January 15, 2013 at 4:05 pm
To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 D. Scott Hartwig Johns Hopkins University Press 2012, $49.95
For nearly three decades, Stephen W. Sears' Landscape Turned Red has been the gold standard among books about the September 1862 Maryland …
January - February 1863Published: November 09, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Emancipation causes a stir both North and South, and a section of Virginia prepares to secede—from Virginia
January
1 – The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect—as does the Homestead Act, signed into law the previous May.
The first recorded homestead claim …
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