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AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR MAGAZINE
About 4:30 a.m. on April 2, 1865, the Army of the Potomac’s 6th Corps breached the Confederate defenses near Petersburg, Va., ending a bloody 10-month stalemate. The Confederate capital of Richmond had to be evacuated the next day, and...
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AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR MAGAZINE
Rage Of Battle’ Forever Haunted Some Veterans. In 1862, Owen Flaherty left his wife and son in Terre Haute, Ind., and joined the 125th Illinois Infantry. He was, by all accounts, a quiet and easygoing man, well-liked and quick to share a...
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AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR MAGAZINE
Two Roads Taken: George Meade found fame as Both a Warrior and an Engineer. “What a waste of time and energy,” George Meade wrote to his wife on December 18, 1845, as he approached his 30th birthday. Describing his feelings about his...
