Civil War Times
Published: January 21, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front, by Judith Giesberg, University of North Carolina Press
The world of Civil War women has been enriched over the past decade by a bounty of significant …
Published: January 21, 2010 at 6:02 pm
P. 28, Field Guide: Williamsburg
"The day after Christmas 1850, Williamsburg mayor John Maupin strolled out to his farm south of town lingered and chatted with his slaves until mid-afternoon, then announced he was going "home." Perhaps he meant his …
Published: January 21, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Future Congressman James Ashley helped 24 slaves escape from bondage in Kentucky when he was 17.The Research History class at Washington High School is working to see that their favorite abolitionist gets a spot in the U.S. Capitol. For …
Gary W. Gallagher |
Published: January 21, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Biographies of Civil War generals have appealed to generations of Americans. Famous commanders often attract readers who end up pursuing a lifelong interest in the conflict. J.E.B. Stuart played that role for me.
As an 11-year-old, I was drawn to …
William Marvel |
Published: January 21, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Lincoln's remarks gratified the war's proponents and silenced his critics
Kevin M. Levin |
Published: January 20, 2010 at 10:03 am
Confederates accepted capital punishment as a necessary evil on the path to independence.
Published: December 07, 2009 at 8:51 am
Lynchburg Town
chorus 1:
Going down to town,
I'm going down to town,
Going down to the Lynchburg Town,
To take my tobacco down.
chorus 2:
Times a-getting hard,
Money getting sca'ce,
Pay me for them tobacco, boys,…
Michael Fellman |
Published: November 19, 2009 at 4:25 pm
William T. Sherman’s adamant refusal to field African-American troops amounted to outright insubordination
Peter Cozzens |
Published: October 20, 2009 at 12:24 pm
John Rawlins used his brains and blue language to keep his boss in check.
Harold Holzer |
Published: October 18, 2009 at 5:04 pm
When Abraham Lincoln’s remains arrived in New York City on April 24, 1865, hundreds of thousands of its once-antagonistic citizens gathered to mourn him.
Published: October 02, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Gettysburg residents Wayne and Susan Hill recently donated 45 acres to the Gettysburg Foundation. Located near the eastern base of Big Round Top at the southern end of the battlefield, the acreage encompasses an area where Union skirmishers maneuvered on …
Published: October 02, 2009 at 1:41 pm
P. 24, Field Guide
The complete text of Shepherdstown resident Mary Bedinger Mitchell's "A Woman's Recollection of Antietam" can be found in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. II, originally published between 1884 and 1887. Numerous reprints are …
Ethan S. Rafuse |
Published: October 02, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Daniel E. Sutherland is one of the outstanding Civil War scholars working today, the author of a prize-winning book on Culpeper County, Virginia, a study of the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville campaigns, a highly regarded textbook and several important essays. Sutherland’s latest effort, which focuses on guerrilla warfare and its effect on the nation’s great struggle, has been greatly anticipated. In A Savage Conflict, he does not disappoint.
Gary W. Gallagher |
Published: October 02, 2009 at 10:15 am
Ulysses S. Grant has occupied dramatically different positions in the American pantheon. His imposing stature between the end of the Civil War and the early years of the 20th century cannot be disputed.
Published: October 01, 2009 at 1:49 pm
State officials as well as volunteers are working to establish a state park in an area of Bates County, Mo., where the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry skirmished with Confederate guerrillas in October 1862. The encounter is known today as the …
Published: October 01, 2009 at 1:28 pm
P. 28, General Grant's 'Living and Speaking Conscience
Read James Harrison Wilson's The Life of John A. Rawlins online with Google Books.
P. 42, The 'Madness' of John Brown
The 150th Commemoration of Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry will take …
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