Table of Contents – August 2008 Civil War Times

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FEATURES

COVER STORY
Feeling the Past at Gettysburg
By Glenn W. LaFantasie
A trek to Little Round Top brings new perspective to the legendary struggle between the 15th Alabama and the 20th Maine

Jefferson Davis and the Politics of Command
By William J. Cooper Jr.
Convinced he was leading a holy mission, the South’s leader undercut its chances for success

PORTFOLIO: The Rebels Come Calling
A folk artist’s watercolors chronicle the 1863 day when a Pennsylvania town played host to Jubal Early

Worn Out, Hungry and Broke
By Peter S. Carmichael
The letters of two North Carolinians chronicle a “low- water mark” in Southern morale just after Gettysburg

The Generals Speak: Should We Listen?
By David J. Eicher
A reader’s guide to the 10 best memoirs by Confederate generals

DEPARTMENTS

Mail Call
Is it Lincoln? Plus 1860s skates; honoring Confederate dead; “Dixie for the Union”

Civil War Today (Edited by Linda Wheeler)
Beauvoir reopens—with gators in attendance; good and gloomy museum reviews; Lightning Brigade letters

Interview
By Peter S. Carmichael
Chandra Manning explains that troops regarded slavery as central to the conflict from its outset

Field Guide — Vicksburg: Southern Gibraltar

Letter From Civil War Times

Reviews
An ambitious study of General Lee’s army seamlessly alternates between campaign narrative and social anthropology

Resources
Take a phone tour of Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.

Rank & File
A Yankee trooper models his weapons

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