History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Civil War Times http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Union at Shiloh http://www.historynet.com/union-at-shiloh.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=union-at-shiloh http://www.historynet.com/union-at-shiloh.htm#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:48:34 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685106 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. …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/union-at-shiloh.htm/feed 1 Confederates at Shiloh http://www.historynet.com/confederates-at-shiloh.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=confederates-at-shiloh http://www.historynet.com/confederates-at-shiloh.htm#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:00 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685104 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 …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/confederates-at-shiloh.htm/feed 0 Louisa May Alcott Goes to War http://www.historynet.com/louisa-may-alcott-goes-to-war.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=louisa-may-alcott-goes-to-war http://www.historynet.com/louisa-may-alcott-goes-to-war.htm#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:03:27 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685007 http://www.historynet.com/louisa-may-alcott-goes-to-war.htm/feed 1 EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: The Battle of Shiloh http://www.historynet.com/eyewitness-account-the-battle-of-shiloh.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eyewitness-account-the-battle-of-shiloh http://www.historynet.com/eyewitness-account-the-battle-of-shiloh.htm#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:02:53 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685008 http://www.historynet.com/eyewitness-account-the-battle-of-shiloh.htm/feed 0 George Crook at the Battle of Kernstown http://www.historynet.com/george-crook-at-the-battle-of-kernstown.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=george-crook-at-the-battle-of-kernstown http://www.historynet.com/george-crook-at-the-battle-of-kernstown.htm#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:46:28 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684636 http://www.historynet.com/george-crook-at-the-battle-of-kernstown.htm/feed 1 Is It Mosby http://www.historynet.com/is-it-mosby.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-it-mosby http://www.historynet.com/is-it-mosby.htm#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:45:52 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684637 http://www.historynet.com/is-it-mosby.htm/feed 10 Civil War Book Reviews http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-book-reviews.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=civil-war-book-reviews http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-book-reviews.htm#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:39:18 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684638 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)

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]]> http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-book-reviews.htm/feed 0 Longstreet - Scapegoat or Culprit http://www.historynet.com/longstreet-scapegoat-or-culprit.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=longstreet-scapegoat-or-culprit http://www.historynet.com/longstreet-scapegoat-or-culprit.htm#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:36:37 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684639 http://www.historynet.com/longstreet-scapegoat-or-culprit.htm/feed 4 Civil War Ship Models http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-ship-models.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=civil-war-ship-models http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-ship-models.htm#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:43:31 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684331 http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-ship-models.htm/feed 3 Unfinished Railroad Cut at Second Manassas http://www.historynet.com/unfinished-railroad-cut-at-second-manassas.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unfinished-railroad-cut-at-second-manassas http://www.historynet.com/unfinished-railroad-cut-at-second-manassas.htm#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:40:31 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684325 http://www.historynet.com/unfinished-railroad-cut-at-second-manassas.htm/feed 0