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Union Spy in Confederate Territory

Gavin Mortimer | Published: January 08, 2011 at 7:04 pm
Union agent Pryce Lewis had his share of close calls

Civil War Times - February 2011 - Table of Contents

Published: January 08, 2011 at 7:02 pm
FeaturesClick to Subscribe Today! Judging George Custer How can you judge a man when you devote your entire attention to the last day of his life? By Stephen Budiansky 'Lee to the Rear!' A rare first-person account sheds new …

S. Waite Rawls, Museum of the Confederacy

Dana B. Shoaf | Published: October 12, 2010 at 12:11 am
Waite Rawls Revels in His Role as the Keeper of the Confederacy's Complex Legacy S. Waite Rawls has a name and heritage befitting a Confederate general. A Virginia Military Institute graduate, he's got so many Rebel ancestors that he has …

Elmer Ellsworth and His Zouaves

Doug Dammann | Published: October 05, 2010 at 9:53 am
All Glory and No Gore: Elmer Ellsworth’s 1860 militia tour helped prepare the North for war

Gen. George McClellan at Second Manassas

Edward H. Bonekemper III | Published: October 05, 2010 at 9:51 am
General Disobedience: ‘Little Mac’ let John Pope twist in the wind; With response from Prof. Ethan S. Rafuse

Table of Contents - Civil War Times - December 2010

Published: October 05, 2010 at 9:51 am
FeaturesSubscribe Today! General Disobedience George McClellan deliberately undermined John Pope in the Second Bull Run Campaign By Edward H. Bonekemper III Substitute for a Corpse Seeing isn't always believing when it comes to battlefield photos By David Lowe and …

Antietam Remembered

Thomas G. Clemens | Published: August 25, 2010 at 4:34 pm
A veteran of Antietam spent his life collecting accounts of the war’s most horrific fighting

Crazy Boston Corbett Killed John Wilkes Booth

Eric Niderost | Published: August 25, 2010 at 4:29 pm
John Wilkes Booth’s killer achieved instant fame—but folks soon realized he was just plain crazy

Civil War Times - October 2010 - Table of Contents

Published: August 25, 2010 at 4:28 pm
FeaturesThe Holiday's Are Coming Soon - Subscribe Today! 'Until Every Negro Has Been Slaughtered' Why did Rebels execute USCTs at Petersburg? By Kevin M. Levin Mad as a Hatter Crazy Boston Corbett shot down John Wilkes Booth By Eric …

Lee's Unwritten Memoir

Published: July 06, 2010 at 10:31 am
Why didn’t Robert E. Lee write his memoirs?

Civil War Times - August 2010 - Table of Contents

Published: July 06, 2010 at 10:29 am
FeaturesClick to Subscribe Now! Second-Guessing Dick Ewell Is it fair to blame General Richard Ewell for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg? By Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White PLUS: 5 Battle Maps by David Fuller The Proclamation and the …

Civil War Times - June 2010 - Table of Contents

Published: March 29, 2010 at 4:40 pm
FEATURES Click Here to Subscribe to Civil War Times Today!World's First Military Railroad Desperate Confederates scavenged tracks and trains to supply hungry troops in 1861 By Arthur Candenquist PLUS: Tracing the Centreville Military Railroad A David Fuller map…

Resources: June 2010

Published: 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.

Northern Women and the Travails of War

Published: January 21, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front, by Judith Giesberg, University of North Carolina Press The world of Civil War women has been enriched over the past decade by a bounty of significant …

Resources: April 2010

Published: January 21, 2010 at 6:02 pm
P. 28, Field Guide: Williamsburg "The day after Christmas 1850, Williamsburg mayor John Maupin strolled out to his farm south of town lingered and chatted with his slaves until mid-afternoon, then announced he was going "home." Perhaps he meant his …

Students Campaign for James Ashely

Published: January 21, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Future Congressman James Ashley helped 24 slaves escape from bondage in Kentucky when he was 17.The Research History class at Washington High School is working to see that their favorite abolitionist gets a spot in the U.S. Capitol. For …
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