Table of Contents – February 2008 – Civil War Times

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FEATURES

‘This Is My Last Letter to You’
By Drew Gilpin Faust
The four-year bloodbath forced Americans to confront mortality as they never had before. The resulting cultural changes linger to this day.

Hearts at War
By Ruth Ann Coski
Handmade and commercial valentines helped keep the home fires burning.

USS Galena: De-evolution of a Warship
By Eric Ethier
USS Galena looked sleek and powerful, but the ironclad couldn’t take a punch.

Lincoln the Homely
By Harold Holzer
The president’s craggy, unusual face became a powerful political tool and a Northern icon.

Celebrate the Lincoln Bicentennial
By Linda Wheeler
Get out your bikes, quilting frames and new pennies, Abe Lincoln’s 200th birthday party is here.

DEPARTMENTS

Mail Call
Strong reactions to diehard Rebels

Civil War Today
Robert E. Lee’s rock, a witch hunt and makeup for Little Sorrel
Edited by Linda Wheeler

Interview
Drew Gilpin Faust on “Good Deaths” and being U.S. Grant

Field Guide
Fredericksburg on and off the battlefield
By Eric Mink

Letter from Civil War Times

Reviews
Through thick and thin with the Army of the Potomac

Exhibit Review
Confederate generals as you’ve never before seen them

Common Soldier
A U.S. Marine in his Sunday best

ONLINE EXTRAS

CSS Albemarle: Confederate Ironclad in the American Civil War

Abraham Lincoln Takes the Heat

USS Monitor: The Crew Took Great Pride in Serving on the Famous Ship

Death and Civil War America: Interview with Drew Gilpin Faust

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