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ACW Book Review: Lincoln’s Darkest Year
Lincoln’s Darkest Year: The War in 1862 by William Marvel, Houghton Mifflin, 2008, $30 […]
ACW Book Review: Mutiny at Fort Jackson
Mutiny at Fort Jackson: The Untold Story of the Fall of New Orleans by […]
ACW Book Review: Identification Discs
Identification Discs of Union Soldiers in the Civil War by Larry B. Maier and […]
The North’s Caustic Cartoonist
Through his political illustrations, Thomas Nast became a powerful spin doctor who influenced public […]
Life Is Better Than Limb
Wartime amputations, while extreme, saved thousands of lives and helped spur the development of […]
Snakes in the Grass
As an embattled Lincoln faced grim re-election prospects, Confederate leaders plotted with Copperhead Democrats […]
Tennessee Turning Point Nathan B. Forrest
Nathan B. Forrest took matters into his own hands at Ft. Donelson—and a legend […]
A bulldog whose bite matched his bark
Born in the abolitionist hotbed of Massachusetts and raised on the plains of the […]
Interview: “Budge” Weidman, National Archives Civil War Pension Project
When did you start working with the pension files? How many are there? We […]