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American Civil WarIsrael Richardson at AntietamPublished: April 13, 2010 at 4:43 pm
A Rising Star Struck Down in His Prime
Until Antietam: The Life and Letters of Major General Israel B. Richardson, U.S. Army, by Jack C. Mason, Southern Illinois University Press
Up to the moment he was mortally wounded along Antietam's …
Slave to Soldier: Fighting for FreedomPublished: April 13, 2010 at 4:38 pm
‘We Must Make Free Men of Them’
Confederate General Patrick Cleburne wanted to enlist slaves to fight for the Rebel cause
Resources: June 2010Published: March 29, 2010 at 4:05 pm
These books, images and Web sites provide additional information on topics featured in this issue of Civil War Times.
Preston Brooks' DiplomacyPublished: March 01, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Preston Brooks' big stick diplomacy:
Heated oratory leads to violence in the hallowed halls of the U.S. Senate
With swift, powerful strokes, South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks battered the prostrate body in the aisle of the nearly empty U.S. Senate …
J.B. Magruder finally gets a second lookPublished: February 24, 2010 at 6:02 pm
John Bankhead Magruder: A Military Reappraisal
It would be hard to imagine a more vivid biographical subject than John Bankhead Magruder. The colorful, emotional and controversial Confederate general, a notable figure during the Army of Northern Virginia's 1862 defense of …
Emmitsburg Road Preservation CampaignPublished: February 24, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Civil War Preservation Trust announces latest campaign
Fundraising has begun for the preservation of a crucial two-acre parcel on the Gettysburg battlefield. The property, originally part of the historic Philip Snyder farm, lies along the Emmitsburg Road and is entirely …
Battlefield Preservation Effort - 7200 Acres at PetersburgPublished: February 05, 2010 at 2:48 pm
U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) introduced the “Petersburg National Boundary Modification Act,” to protect 7,200 additional acres of historic battlefields around Petersburg, which would create the largest military park in the United States.
Rebel bankroller’s grave discovered in EnglandPublished: January 27, 2010 at 10:21 am
When American academic Thomas E. Sebrell II recently led several students through London's historic Kensal Green cemetery—armed with clippers, shears and historical records—the underbrush and thorns they slogged through tore both clothing and skin. Yet the group pressed on in …
Irvin McDowell: The Most Unpopular Man in AmericaPublished: January 27, 2010 at 10:21 am
Two words came to define McDowell’s military prowess for the general’s most critical
superiors: ‘Bull’ and ‘Run’
Ed Bearss, Former NPS Chief HistorianPublished: January 27, 2010 at 10:19 am
For Ed Bearss, the past is prologue.
Recalling the National Park Service's response to the war's centennial, its former chief historian reflects on a new milestone.
What impact will the sesquicentennial have on battlefield parks?
In 1955, the Park Service …
Andrew Johnson ImpeachedPublished: January 27, 2010 at 10:18 am
Behind the scenes in the case of a president on trial.
Table of Contents - January 2010 - America's Civil WarPublished: January 27, 2010 at 10:18 am
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Why Cotton Got to Be King
Those Southern planters were always looking for the Next Big Thing.
by Robert Behre
The Race Is On
John Brown spooked politicos all over …
The Impending Crisis Of The South By Hinton R. HelperPublished: January 26, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Hinton R Helper's book "The Impending Crisis Of The South: How to Meet It," published in 1857, was a call for the confederate south to abandon slave and adopt industrialization.
Bill Howell, Virginia House SpeakerPublished: January 26, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Virginia House Speaker Bill Howell and the Virginia Civil War sesquicentennial commission remember the war that split the state in two. Literally. Interview by Chris HowlandVirgina House Speaker Bill Howell. Photo by Kevin Johnson.
Why did the Virginia legislature …
The Other Battle of Calcasieu PassPublished: January 26, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Defenseless Yankees were no match for a girl named Babette.
Gettysburg maps sesquicentennial strategyPublished: January 26, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Civil War battle strategy can be tricky enough itself to convey, but that wasn’t what was giving German journalist Hermann Schmid problems in Gettysburg last fall.
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