Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 James Oakes, W.W. […]
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America’s Civil War Book Review: Simply Murder
Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862 Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. […]
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America’s Civil War Book Review: The Civil War in 50 Objects
The Civil War in 50 Objects Harold Holzer and the New-York Historical Society Penguin […]
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America’s Civil War Book Review: The Fishing Creek Confederacy
The Fishing Creek Confederacy: A Story of Civil War Draft Resistance Richard A. Sauers […]
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America’s Civil War Book Review: Gettysburg- The Last Invasion
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion Allen C. Guelzo, Knopf, 2013, $35 William Faulkner famously wrote, […]
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Wrecked in the West Woods
Antietam gave the federals a much-needed victory, but it didn’t have to be so […]
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The Parade to War: An Account by Septima Maria Levy Collis
War seemed a million miles away from a cheery winter camp, but too close […]
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A Shot in the Arm
Newly discovered reports show John Bell Hood’s injured limb wasn’t as useless as we […]
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Clara Judd and the laws of war
One of the most important legacies of the American Civil War was a new […]
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Cease Fire: Nights of the Round Table
More than half a century ago, the late Ralph G. Newman of Chicago came […]