Crucial gains in Tennessee are eclipsed by Vicksburg and Gettysburg in July 1863. Maj. […]
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John Decatur Barry, He Killed Stonewall
John Decatur Barry was sure Federals were on the prowl, and ordered a response. […]
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Emancipation jolts a slave and her mistress
The ink was barely dry on the Emancipation Proclamation when two Union soldiers rode […]
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America’s Civil War Book Review: The Best Station of Them All
The Best Station of Them All: The Savannah Squadron, 1861-1865 Maurice Melton, University of […]
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Book Review: Camp William Penn, 1863-1865 / America’s First Federal African American Soldiers’ Fight for Freedom
Camp William Penn, 1863-1865: America’s First Federal African American Soldiers’ Fight for Freedom Donald […]
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America’s Civil War Book Review: Home of the Brave
Home of the Brave: In Their Own Words— Immigrant Soldiers Who Received the Medal […]
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Book Review: Searching for George Gordon Meade / The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg
Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg Tom Huntington, Stackpole Books […]
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Missouri Mayhem
Six months into the war, a major loss in the Ozarks made the score […]
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Just Before Pickett Charged
The artillery barrage is one of 35 events covered in a new Gettysburg field […]
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Torn on the Fourth of July
Defeats in the East and West doomed the Confederacy. July 1863 would have been […]