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Louisa May Alcott Goes to War

Robert Sattelmeyer | Published: January 30, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Eager to support the North, the budding author volunteered for a fledgling corps of female nurses

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: The Battle of Shiloh

Published: January 30, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Union Lieutenant William M. Reid recounts the Battle of Shiloh

George Crook at the Battle of Kernstown

Scott C. Patchan | Published: December 06, 2011 at 11:46 am
Did the Union general’s refusal to listen cost him the Second Battle of Kernstown?

Is It Mosby

Published: December 06, 2011 at 11:45 am
Is this a previously unknown portrait of the Gray Ghost?

Civil War Book Reviews

Published: December 06, 2011 at 11:39 am
From Battlefields Rising: How the Civil War Transformed American Literature, by Randall Fuller (Oxford University Press, 2010) Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America, by Davis S. Reynolds (Norton, 2010) REVIEWED BY NAN …

Longstreet - Scapegoat or Culprit

Glenn Tucker | Published: December 06, 2011 at 11:36 am
Did Lee order Longstreet to attack at dawn on July 2 at Gettysburg? Did Longstreet drag his feet because he disapproved?

Civil War Ship Models

Published: October 05, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Ship Modeler Ed Parent shares his love of naval history.

Unfinished Railroad Cut at Second Manassas

Earl McElfresh | Published: October 05, 2011 at 2:40 pm
A railroad to nowhere gave Confederates a tactical advantage at Second Manassas.

Battlefields&Beyond: London, UK

Thomas E. Sebrell | Published: October 05, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Rebels ruled in Merry Old England.

Letters from a Young Union Sailor

Published: September 23, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Letter from 14 year old sailor James Weber on the Galena to his parents on the eve of the attack on Drewry's Bluff.

Battle of Balls Bluff

William Marvel | Published: August 08, 2011 at 2:37 pm
End of the Gentleman’s War: Bungled messages and poor leadership result in a Union disaster at Ball’s Bluff

Baltimore Riot of 1861

Michael G. Williams | Published: August 08, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Bullets vs. Bricks in Baltimore: A mob out for blood clashed with troops en route to Washington

Who Was George G. Meade?

Published: July 02, 2011 at 12:02 am
Meade Part I 12next » TitleMeade Part I Runtime3:52 Description TitleMeade Part VI Runtime3:11 DescriptionWho Was George G. Meade? with Dr. Allen Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at …

Sacred Trust: Gettysburg Perspectives Lecture Series

Media Release | Published: June 29, 2011 at 2:05 pm
    A Sacred Trust: Gettysburg Perspectives Lecture Series July 1, 2 & 3, 2011 At Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA   The Gettysburg Foundation is pleased to present our annual lecture …

Who Was the Youngest Civil War General

William Marvel | Published: June 13, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Trivia buffs beware: Galusha Pennypacker’s claim to being the Civil War’s youngest general doesn’t hold up

World War Two in Gettysburg

Jennifer M. Murray | Published: June 13, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Scrap drives, war rallies and German POWs took over America’s preeminent battlefield
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