FEATURES
'The War Was a Grievous Error'
James Longstreet spoke bluntly about Confederate strategy and fellow generals in a rare 1879 interview
Edited by Peter Cozzens
Staying the Course at Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address: Emotional tribute or a plea for help?
By William Marvel
Executing Justice
Confederate soldiers struggled to adjust to the harsh reality of deadly discipline
By Kevin M. Levin
Lost in the Fog of War
Battle raged on land and water for Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capital
By Alan G. Gauthreaux
PLUS: The Journey of CSS Arkansas
A David Fuller map
Sacred to the Memory
Monuments began popping up at Manassas even before the war's end
By Michael W. Panhorst
DEPARTMENTS
Mail Call
How honorable was Lee? Teddy Roosevelt's Rebel uncle; D.P. Newton's museum
Civil War Today
Students campaign for Ohio abolitionist; memorial for USCT massacre; Battles of Five Forks and Unison, Va.
Edited by Linda Wheeler
Blue & Gray
Many generals richly deserve new biographies
By Gary W. Gallagher
Military Manuals of the Civil War
August V. Kautz's
The Company Clerk
NEW! Places and People John Marszalek talks about the U.S. Grant Papers
Field Guide
The Civil War paid a harsh visit to Williamsburg, Va.
Letter From Civil War Times
Reviews
Northern women at war; an icon's flawed treatise; "Tinclads"
Resources
Williamsburg, Va.; and read more about military executions
Characters
Caricatures by Mike Caplanis
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