Daily Quiz for November 22, 2019

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CWT Book Review: A People’s History of the Civil War

A People’s History of the Civil War: Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom by David Williams, The New Press, 594 pages, $29.95. The American Civil War is often viewed through the lens of “great men and great events”: the...

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CWT Book Review: Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade

Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade Virginian John O. Casler was the quintessential anti-Confederate hero. His service in the famous Stonewall Brigade was distinguished by his uncanny ability to evade the restrictions of military life....

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A Dog’s Life

Our own regiment had a pet of great value and high regard in “Little Jim,”…a small rat terrier of fine blooded stock…given by a friend to John C. Kensill, with whom he was mustered into the United States service “for three years,...

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Whatever Happened to Elizabeth Custer?

Following the decimation of the 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn in June 1876, Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon Custer devoted the remaining 57 years of her life to carefully constructing the legend of her husband, General George Armstrong...

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The Road to Appomattox

At the beginning General Robert E. Lee decided to evacuate his army from the of April 1865, Richmond-Petersburg front. A number of factors led to his decision. These included the failed assault on Fort Stedman, the approach of Major...

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Examining the Appomattox Parole

We “hung upon Lee’s rear like a BloodHound after his Victim,” wrote a New York infantryman about those fateful days in the spring of 1865. It was no exaggeration, for during the numbing Confederate retreat, Grant’s troops had shown...

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The Deadliest Shot: The Doomed White River Expedition

An ironclad vessel versus a poorly manned land battery? It seemed so easy. Secure in an iron cocoon, a crew could simply move in close and shower the target with shot and shell. Commander Augustus Kilty of USS Mound City stood confidently...

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Dead Horses in Sheridan’s Ashes

William Daniel Cabell of Norwood, Virginia, served the Confederacy as the captain of the New Market Home Guard from 1861-65. During this time New Market, a village near the Tye River’s entrance to the James River, was renamed...

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The “Grayback”: Bugs in Civil War Camps

They were a relentless enemy with innumerable reserves. They followed men around camp, down dusty Southern roads, to the “sinks” (latrines) and under tents and gum blankets. In small mobile battalions and quick- moving armies, they...

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One for the Books

If it’s good for nothing else, war is good for reading. Troops often find that books provide the perfect antidote to the hours of boredom that bookend the moments of pure terror. Soldiers on the home front discover that books provide a...

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A 100-Days Soldier

NAME: Thomas Allen Ware DATES: 1829-1907 ALLEGIANCE: Union HIGHEST RANK: 3rd Sergeant UNITS: 27th Ohio National Guard and 149th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C. SERVICE RECORD: Joined in July 1863, Company C of 27th Ohio National Guard...

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‘Go West, Young Man’

Hours before President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman, a fellow Illinoisan, walked into the land office in Brownville, Nebraska, and filed a claim for 160 acres of public land....

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CWT Letters from Readers- April 2006

In Meade’s Defense “The Lost Opportunity of Gettysburg” (December 2005) tells of President Abraham Lincoln’s disappointment about General George Meade’s failure to destroy General Lee’s army after that battle, but when did the...

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CWT Letter from the Editor- April 2006

The Ghosts of Appomattox I still remember the first time I ever went to Appomattox. I couldn’t have been more than 8, but even at that age I could sense that there was something different about the place. On the surface, it didn’t seem...

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Daily Quiz for November 21, 2019

He was the only World War Two war correspondent to win the Bronze Star and the Air Medal. ...

Daily Quiz for November 22, 2019

CWT Book Review: A People’s History of the Civil War

CWT Book Review: Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade

A Dog’s Life

Whatever Happened to Elizabeth Custer?

The Road to Appomattox

Examining the Appomattox Parole

The Deadliest Shot: The Doomed White River Expedition

Dead Horses in Sheridan’s Ashes

The “Grayback”: Bugs in Civil War Camps

One for the Books

A 100-Days Soldier

‘Go West, Young Man’

CWT Letters from Readers- April 2006

CWT Letter from the Editor- April 2006

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