Civil War Times
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 …
Peter Cozzens |
Published: October 01, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Every so often a Civil War book comes along that is both unique and enjoyable to read. Loyal Hearts: Histories of Civil War Canines is one such offering.
Gary W. Gallagher |
Published: October 01, 2009 at 10:11 am
The Civil War era has attracted more than its share of gifted writers. Unexcelled political drama, compelling individuals in and out of uniform and storied battles provide rich material for anyone seeking to tell a gripping story.
George E. Deutsch |
Published: September 30, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Smoke and fire filled the skies south of Petersburg in December 1864 as the Army of the Potomac's V Corps targeted the Weldon Railroad. During a raid along this vital supply line linking southeastern Virginia with North Carolina, liquor-fueled Federals …
Published: September 30, 2009 at 3:44 pm
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Harold Holzer |
Published: September 18, 2009 at 10:44 am
The Emancipation Proclamation all but guaranteed the death of slavery, but exactly what that document did–and did not–do remains the subject of heated debate
Robert E. McGlone |
Published: September 18, 2009 at 8:08 am
In the 150 years since Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, historians have struggled to come to grips with his mental state.
Harold Holzer |
Published: August 18, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Looking notably robust near his 56th birthday, Abraham Lincoln sat for this portrait by an unknown photographer around February 1865.
Published: August 18, 2009 at 9:57 am
Historynet Image
This monument marks the 9th Massachusetts Battery's initial position along the Wheatfield Road at Gettysburg. The artillerymen conducted a fighting retreat with their 12-pounder Napoleons to the Trostle Farm in the background. For more information visit:
http://home.comcast.net/~9thmassbattery/
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Ron Soodalter |
Published: August 18, 2009 at 9:34 am
Nathaniel Gordon was the only American sent to the gallows for slave traiding.
Harold Holzer |
Published: August 18, 2009 at 8:36 am
Abraham Lincoln posed for several famous photographs at Alexander Gardner's Washington, D.C., gallery on November 8, 1863: one with his private secretaries John Nicolay and John Hay, and another full-face close-up that showed the steely-eyed president staring directly into the …
Published: August 01, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Many Union soldiers wrote about the soul-chilling yells of attacking Confederates. Thanks to the Museum of the Confederacy, you can hear the real thing on a CD featuring the authentic yell as performed by two elderly Confederate veterans. The two …
Published: August 01, 2009 at 1:22 pm
P. 22, Military Manuals of the Civil War
Read Dennis Hart Mahan's An Elementary Treatise on Advanced-Guard, Out-posts… online with Google Book Search.
P. 24, Field Guide
Daryl Black was recently named executive director of the Chattanooga History Center (…
Michael Fellman |
Published: August 01, 2009 at 11:59 am
In the past two years four authors have undertaken joint biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Contextualizing the overlapping roles of these complex personalities proves to be a fascinating and challenging litmus test of the political values not only of two iconic individuals but also of the historians interpreting them.
Gary W. Gallagher |
Published: August 01, 2009 at 10:06 am
Two Civil Wars await anyone seeking to understand our transformative national trial.
Harold Holzer |
Published: June 18, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Lincoln sat for this unique photograph—“stood” would actually be a more accurate description—sometime in the summer of 1860.
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