Civil War
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.
Published: February 23, 2010 at 9:29 am
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Holy Terror
By Jefferson Gray
During the Crusades, the Muslim sect known as the Assassins used a shocking means to tame its more powerful enemies: murder
1914: Marne …
Kim A. O'Connell |
Published: 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 …
Michael C. Hardy |
Published: 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’
Peter Cozzens |
Published: January 27, 2010 at 10:18 am
Behind the scenes in the case of a president on trial.
Parke Pierson |
Published: 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.
Jim Bradshaw |
Published: January 26, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Defenseless Yankees were no match for a girl named Babette.
Published: January 26, 2010 at 12:42 pm
‘Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds’
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 …
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 these …
Gary W. Gallagher |
Published: January 21, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Biographies of Civil War generals have appealed to generations of Americans. Famous commanders often attract readers who end up pursuing a lifelong interest in the conflict. J.E.B. Stuart played that role for me.
As an 11-year-old, I was drawn to …
Published: January 21, 2010 at 5:24 pm
The April 2010 issue of Civil War Times features an interview with General James Longstreet, an examination of military justice and a look at war-time monuments.
William Marvel |
Published: January 21, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Lincoln's remarks gratified the war's proponents and silenced his critics
Kevin M. Levin |
Published: January 20, 2010 at 10:03 am
Confederates accepted capital punishment as a necessary evil on the path to independence.
Wade G. Dudley |
Published: January 13, 2010 at 10:23 am
Maritime raider Raphael Semmes was the scourge of Union blockaders and merchant shipping during the Civil War
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