Chris Mackowski, Author at HistoryNet

Fighting at Mule Shoe Salient at Spotsylvania

Book Review: The Heart of Hell / The Soldiers’ Struggle for Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle

by Chris Mackowski 12/19/20224/29/2024

A graphic account of the violence at Spotylvania’s Bloody Angle.

Confederates repeatedly turned back Federal attacks on their Vicksburg trenches in May 1863, prompting Grant to lay siege to the city. (Library of Congress)

What If Robert E. Lee Had Sent Troops to Vicksburg?

by Chris Mackowski 10/7/20216/16/2022

How the Sites of Stonewall Jackson’s Wounding and Death Became Tourist Attractions

by Chris Mackowski 11/12/20194/19/2022

Stonewall’s Greatest Joy

by Chris Mackowski 6/13/20173/31/2024

Mystery in the Wilderness: Where is Stonewall’s Arm?

by Chris Mackowski 5/2/20175/11/2017

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The Mystery of Stonewall Jackson’s Arm

by Chris Mackowski 7/22/20154/24/2017