Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan Joseph Wheelan, Da Capo […]
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CWT Book Review: Decided on the Battlefield
Decided on the Battlefield: Grant, Sherman, Lincoln, and the Election of 1864 David Alan […]
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CWT Book Review: Corinth 1862
Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation Timothy B. Smith, University Press of Kansas Just as […]
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CWT Book Review: A Blaze of Glory
A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh Jeff Shaara; Ballentine […]
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CWT Book Review: Lee and His Generals
Lee and His Generals: Essays in Honor of T. Harry Williams Edited by Lawrence […]
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CWT Book Review: The Long Road to Antietam
The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution Richard Slotkin, […]
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It Was Their Cause, Too: The Women Who Fought in the Civil War—Disguised as Men
At a time when society saw women soldiers as either unbalanced lesbians or Joan of Arc wannabes, some espoused an “unadulterated patriotism” for their country.
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‘I Have With the Reg’t Been Through a Terrible Battle’
Major Francis E. Pierce, who took part in the Union’s suicidal attack on Fredericksburg’s […]
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Union Rubicon
Ambrose Burnside’s strategy could have carried him, victorious, into Richmond. But poor communications doomed […]
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American Graffiti
Common soldiers covered buildings with inscriptions, drawings and rants in many of the places […]