Civil War
Susannah Ural |
Published: July 07, 2010 at 8:54 am
Becoming American Under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship During the Civil War Era
by Christian G. Samito,
Cornell University Press, 2010, $39.95
Christian Samito's Becoming American Under Fire is a superb study of the expansion …
Winston Groom |
Published: July 07, 2010 at 8:53 am
Irreconcilable Differences
Simmering animosities between North and South signaled an American apocalypse
Any man who takes it upon himself to explain the causes of the Civil War deserves whatever grief comes his way, regardless of his good intentions. Having acknowledged …
Robin Friedman |
Published: April 29, 2010 at 1:21 pm
The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign, June-July, 1863
By Scott L. Mingus Sr.,
Louisiana State University Press, 2009
The legendary Louisiana Tigers, one of the more feared units in the Army of Northern Virginia, get a welcome and comprehensive …
Chris Howland |
Published: April 29, 2010 at 1:10 pm
What makes this exhibit so different?
For one, it's not organized chronologically. Many of the exhibits we looked at start with Fort Sumter, then go to Manassas, then Shiloh, all the way along. But we've organized ours around certain theme …
Tim and Elizabeth Rowland |
Published: April 29, 2010 at 1:10 pm
The National Archives combines 21st-century technology with 19th-century ephemera for a new interactive sesquicentennial exhibition the department calls "the most extensive display ever assembled" from its massive Civil War collection.View the patent for artifical limbs at the exhibit. National …
Stephen W. Sears |
Published: April 26, 2010 at 2:10 pm
The Battle of Antietam resulted in more pivotal changes, across a broader spectrum of events—military, political, diplomatic, societal—than any other battle of the war. Yet if evaluated in purely military terms, it was not decisive at all.
Judith Giesberg |
Published: April 13, 2010 at 4:45 pm
‘Noble Union Girls’: The thousands of Northern women who worked in Federal arsenals risked their lives for the cause.
Published: April 13, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Crewmen aboard CSS Alabama pose next to the same type of 32-pounder that was recovered from the ship's wreck site. Courtesy of the Museum of Mobile.The state of Alabama never saw the sloop CSS Alabama, which was built for …
Paul D. Escott |
Published: 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
Chris Howland |
Published: March 01, 2010 at 4:28 pm
In the Hands of a Craftsman:
Master gunsmith John Zimmerman, an expert on Civil War firearms, is right at home in Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
How did you become a master gunsmith?
I grew up in Ohio and then was in …
Published: March 01, 2010 at 4:24 pm
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Shock, Awe and a Colossal Failure
The idea for the Crater was pure genius. Sometimes good ideas go bad.
By Jeffrey Maciejewski
Partisan, Terrorist, Soldier, Spy
A subversive by any other name would …
Robert B. Mitchell |
Published: March 01, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Former slave Arnold Gragston tells of how he became involved in the Underground Railroad.
Edward G. Longacre |
Published: March 01, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Fightin’ Joe: Taunted by subordinates and sometimes ignored by his commander, Joseph Wheeler managed to keep Braxton Bragg from drowning in a Tennessee bloodbath
Robert K. Krick |
Published: 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 …
Tim and Elizabeth Rowland |
Published: 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 …
Stanley Weintraub |
Published: February 24, 2010 at 1:39 am
In the 1864 “bayonet election,” the soldier vote—and a timely Union success—helped a pro-war civilian, Lincoln, defeat a pro-peace general, McClellan.
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