History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » American Civil War http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Thu, 24 May 2012 19:02:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 MHQ Reviews: Blogging the Blue and Gray http://www.historynet.com/mhq-reviews-blogging-the-blue-and-gray.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mhq-reviews-blogging-the-blue-and-gray http://www.historynet.com/mhq-reviews-blogging-the-blue-and-gray.htm#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 12:47:41 +0000 ehoward http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685515 http://www.historynet.com/mhq-reviews-blogging-the-blue-and-gray.htm/feed 0 The War List: Czars of the Pentagon http://www.historynet.com/the-war-list-summer-2012.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-war-list-summer-2012 http://www.historynet.com/the-war-list-summer-2012.htm#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 12:08:03 +0000 ehoward http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685535 http://www.historynet.com/the-war-list-summer-2012.htm/feed 0 Unknown Soldier: Manning Ferguson Force, the Hero of Atlanta http://www.historynet.com/unknown-soldier-manning-ferguson-force-the-hero-of-atlanta.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unknown-soldier-manning-ferguson-force-the-hero-of-atlanta http://www.historynet.com/unknown-soldier-manning-ferguson-force-the-hero-of-atlanta.htm#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 12:04:49 +0000 ehoward http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685547 http://www.historynet.com/unknown-soldier-manning-ferguson-force-the-hero-of-atlanta.htm/feed 0 A Killer's Metamorphosis http://www.historynet.com/a-killers-metamorphosis.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-killers-metamorphosis http://www.historynet.com/a-killers-metamorphosis.htm#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:58:53 +0000 ckreiser http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685413 http://www.historynet.com/a-killers-metamorphosis.htm/feed 0 Letter From American History - June 2012 http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-american-history-june-2012.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-from-american-history-june-2012 http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-american-history-june-2012.htm#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:58:21 +0000 ckreiser http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685414 Tall Tree Tale

When Harold Holzer made his first pilgrimage years ago to the cottage on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., that was President Abraham Lincoln's favorite retreat, one living relic seemed to capture the site's original spirit: a gigantic …

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3 – Confederate General Joseph Johnston orders troops to evacuate Norfolk, Va. Evacuation is completed May 10, and on May 11, the crew of …

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Belknap Press , 2011, $27.95

Just before his death in 1870, Robert E. Lee wrote in a letter to a former aide, Lt. Col. Charles Marshall, …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/reviews-2.htm/feed 0 Emory Upton and the Shaping of the U.S. Army http://www.historynet.com/emory-upton-and-the-shaping-of-the-u-s-army.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emory-upton-and-the-shaping-of-the-u-s-army http://www.historynet.com/emory-upton-and-the-shaping-of-the-u-s-army.htm#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:58:58 +0000 David Lauterborn http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685204 http://www.historynet.com/emory-upton-and-the-shaping-of-the-u-s-army.htm/feed 0