Civil War Times
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 (chattanoogahistory.com). …
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.
Published: June 01, 2009 at 1:22 pm
USS Water Witch is scheduled to be commissioned on April 4, 2009, at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Ga. That weekend also marks the first time the painstakingly replicated vessel will open to the public.
"This is …
Published: June 01, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Toward a Better Understanding of George McClellan, P. 28
McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union, Ethan S. Rafuse, Indiana University Press Confederate Tide Rising: Robert E. Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862, …
Published: June 01, 2009 at 11:53 am
Vicksburg 1863, by Winston Groom, Alfred A. Knopf
Winston Groom is a first-rate spinner of yarns, and like the tales of his most famous fictional character, Forrest Gump, his accounts seamlessly transport readers into the story. Vicksburg 1863 is …
Gary W. Gallagher |
Published: June 01, 2009 at 10:01 am
Nearly 20 years have passed since Glory, director Edward Zwick’s treatment of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, made its debut in December 1989.
Harold Holzer |
Published: April 18, 2009 at 3:41 pm
In February 1861, longtime Illinois residents Abraham and Mary Lincoln moved their family to Washington, D.C., where the new president took up residence in the war-riven White House armed with a reassuring new image: that of a bearded statesman. …
Published: April 13, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Field Guide, P. 22
The Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has released Volume 7 of its 2008 journal, Fredericksburg History and Biography. Included in it is "From Foxcroft to Fredericksburg: Captain Sewell Gray of the 6th Maine Infantry," by Chris Mackowski …
Linda Wheeler |
Published: April 01, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Third Winchester, the bloodiest battle to take place in the Shenandoah Valley, will likely draw more visitors than ever now that a larger portion of the battlefield is being preserved
Kim A. O'Connell |
Published: April 01, 2009 at 11:50 am
Visitors to the New-York Historical Society’s ongoing exhibit on Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee will likely be intrigued by the first artifacts they see: artwork created by the legendary commanders themselves long before they were famous.
Gary W. Gallagher |
Published: April 01, 2009 at 9:55 am
Historians interested in the Confederacy navigate in perilous interpretive waters.
Jay Wertz |
Published: March 26, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Andre Braugher, one of the stars from the classic Civil War film Glory, is interviewed by Jay Wertz.
Linda Wheeler |
Published: February 27, 2009 at 3:11 pm
A 10-year study of the geomorphology of Civil War battlefields reveal connection between geological features and casualties.
Gary W. Gallagher |
Published: February 27, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Noted historian Gary W. Gallagher gives his perspective in the Civil War Times bi-monthly column Blue and Gray.
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