Civil War Times
Published: August 02, 2007 at 10:19 am
Who Says What War Is About?
The Civil War was a volunteer war. Yes, there were professional soldiers in the ranks, and eventually even some conscripts. But the vast majority of men who fought in this war—millions of them—enlisted of …
Published: August 02, 2007 at 10:17 am
William J. Palmer raised the Anderson Troop, a mounted contingent of elite scouts, then recruited the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry before being sent on spying missions that landed him in a Richmond prison.
Published: August 01, 2007 at 3:53 pm
It is clear that Union general Ambrose Burnside’s failures at Antietam cannot be written off to ineptness or petty insubordination, but what really did happen at "Burnside's Bridge?"
Published: June 29, 2007 at 3:59 pm
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At Washington's Gates: Jubal Early's Chance to Take the CapitolBy Marc LeepsonJubal Early nearly derailed the Union war effort with his daring run through Virginia and Maryland in July 1864, …
Published: June 29, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Not a Lincoln Man
Regarding the article "Civil Liberties v. National Security—The Long Shadow of the Civil War" (June 2007), mainstream historians praise President Abraham Lincoln to the skies because they cannot envision the prospect of a Confederate States of …
Published: June 29, 2007 at 3:55 pm
The What-Ifs of What-If History
It is inevitable that we are, in some ways, as fascinated with what didn't happen in history as we are with what did. Lively debate usually follows any mention of what-if scenarios at historical conferences …
Marc Leepson |
Published: June 29, 2007 at 3:50 pm
In July 1864, Lt. Gen. Jubal Early led a Confederate army to the gates of Washington. What stopped him from capturing the Northern capital and its president, Abraham Lincoln?
Eric Ethier |
Published: June 26, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Spies, slaves, fake deserters, signal towers, and newspapers were all sources of intelligence Union and Confederate commanders used to peer into the enemy's plans.
Published: June 07, 2007 at 2:17 pm
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Gettysburg Then and Now: A Civil War Times InterviewBy Peter S. CarmichaelGary W. Gallagher offers an illuminating look at the battle's powerful place in the American consciousness, how it got …
Published: June 07, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Nearly two months after the battle of Gettysburg 24-year-old Isaac Dunsten of the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry lay on officers' row at Camp Letterman, the large tent hospital established just east of the town. On July 2, 1863, the second day …
Published: May 11, 2007 at 10:17 am
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Civil Liberties v. National Security:The Long Shadow of the Civil WarBy Frank J. WilliamsControversial questions over the assumption of war powers and the denial of civil rights that arose …
Published: May 11, 2007 at 10:12 am
Lieutenant Freeman S. Bowley was fighting for his life in the man-made hellhole that was the Petersburg Crater when he noticed that the former slaves in his company of the 30th United States Colored Troops were not the only men …
Published: May 04, 2007 at 1:50 pm
A ragged line of Union soldiers stood in a field along Goose Creek in Rectortown, Virginia, on November 6, 1864. They jostled, chatted and joked with each other, pleased to be outdoors on a brisk autumn day. As prisoners of …
Published: April 20, 2007 at 3:17 pm
These Honored DeadThe February 2007 issue cover photo of the bodies of dead soldiers lying on the field at Gettysburg brings up a question. They are all lying on their backs, knees slightly lifted, coats pulled up above their …
Published: April 20, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Whoever said all is fair in love and war obviously never fought in the American Civil War. Yes, it was a war, and as such was not without its fair share of killing, destruction and good old-fashioned hatred. None of …
Published: April 19, 2007 at 4:20 pm
An eruption in the nation's abolitionist capital nearly seven years before Fort Sumter foreshadowed the irreconcilable divide between North and South and the fracture to come.By Chuck Leddy
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