Civil War Times Archives
Published: February 13, 2013 at 5:06 pm
America's Civil War
Lincoln's best strategist
From the March 2013 issue
On the eve of the Civil War, the U.S. Army's commanding general, Winfield Scott, was just about used up.
Few players on the American scene could stand the old …
Published: February 13, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Union soldiers, civilian workers and contrabands made the U.S. Capital the world's most heavily fortified city during the conflict. Most of the forts and other military installations were quickly dismantled after the fighting came to an end, and much …
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Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White |
Published: July 06, 2010 at 10:36 am
Second-Guessing Dick Ewell: Why didn’t the Confederate general take Cemetery Hill on July 1, 1863?
Paul D. Escott |
Published: April 13, 2010 at 4:38 pm
‘We Must Make Free Men of Them’
Confederate General Patrick Cleburne wanted to enlist slaves to fight for the Rebel cause
Ron Soodalter |
Published: August 18, 2009 at 9:34 am
Nathaniel Gordon was the only American sent to the gallows for slave traiding.
Published: September 23, 2001 at 1:01 am
From the Editor Civil War Times
NO WHITE SHOES
My wife is quick to recognize the telltale signs. Whenever I mention that a man in his 40s has gotten his ear pierced, or done something aggressively stylish with his hair, …
Published: September 23, 2000 at 1:01 am
Letters - Submit Civil War Times BLUNT WAS SHARPER THAN THAT
For the last fifteen years I have been collecting primary-source material on Major General James G. Blunt. So I was quite shocked by the mistake in "Hindman's Grand Delusion" …
Published: September 23, 2000 at 1:01 am
Letters - Submit Civil War Times
THE END OF THE WAR
Thank you, Dr. Castel, for your article in the May issue. Although I count myself a believer in the theory that the Civil War was largely fought and won …
Published: September 23, 2000 at 1:01 am
Letters - Submit Civil War Times COVER-HOGGING OVERINDULGENCE
When I was 10 years old, I was at a friend's house and happened upon his father's January 1978 issue of CWTI. I have collected and read cover to cover every issue …
Published: September 23, 2000 at 1:01 am
From the Editor Civil War Times
CURSES! TOGETHER AGAIN!
The United States was back, but not everyone was happy about it. It comes as no surprise that the soldiers and civilians of the Confederate States of America were disappointed in …
Published: September 23, 2000 at 1:01 am
From the Editor Civil War Times
NATURAL CAUSES
Nothing gives you an appreciation for the modern world like a good case of some formerly fatal disease. In my case, it was pneumonia–specifically, mycoplasma pneumonia, which spread all through both of …
Published: September 23, 2000 at 1:01 am
Editorial on the demise of National Battlefield Tower at Gettysburg.
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