Civil War Times
John D. Hoptak |
Published: March 27, 2012 at 4:56 pm
June Issue Extra: Lee’s first invasion of Union territory was turned back at the Battle of South Mountain
Published: March 27, 2012 at 4:37 pm
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Dana B. Shoaf |
Published: March 27, 2012 at 3:58 pm
June Issue Extra: Adelbert Ames preceded Joshua Chamberlain as colonel of the 20th Maine
Published: February 07, 2012 at 11:48 am
A letter from Pvt. William Christie, 1st Minnesota Battery, to his father. Christie's battery lost three men killed and six men wounded.
I supposed you have heard of the great battle on the 6th and 7th of this month. …
Published: February 07, 2012 at 11:20 am
On April 6, 1862, following the first day of fighting, General Ulysses Grant ordered Union gunboats on the Tennessee River to fire broadsides all through the night, in an effort to unnerve the enemy. John S. Cockerill of the 70th …
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
Published: January 30, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Union Lieutenant William M. Reid recounts the Battle of Shiloh. PLUS: Three other accounts of the battle.
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?
Published: December 06, 2011 at 11:45 am
Is this a previously unknown portrait of the Gray Ghost?
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 …
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?
Published: October 05, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Ship Modeler Ed Parent shares his love of naval history.
Earl McElfresh |
Published: October 05, 2011 at 2:40 pm
A railroad to nowhere gave Confederates a tactical advantage at Second Manassas.
Thomas E. Sebrell |
Published: October 05, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Rebels ruled in Merry Old England.
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.
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
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