The first Vermonter to enlist in the war, Union General George Stannard helped turn the tide at Gettysburg.
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An Englishman’s Journey Through the Confederacy
Suave, gentlemanly Lt. Col. Arthur Fremantle of Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards picked an unusual vacation spot: the Civil War-torn United States.
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Soldier’s Favorite Song: ‘Home, Sweet Home’
John Howard Payne’s haunting ‘Home, Sweet Home’ was the Civil War soldier’s favorite song.
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Iroquois Chief & Union Officer
A lifelong friend and trusted aide of Ulysses S. Grant, Ely Parker rose to the top in two worlds, that of his native Seneca Indian tribe and the white man’s world at large. Through the Civil War and Reconstruction he strove to serve both worlds as best he could.
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Massachusetts Abolitionist Silas Soule
Dedicated Massachusetts abolitionist Silas Soule ironically gave his life for the red man, not the black.
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Kill Cavalry’s Nasty Surprise
Union General William Sherman considered Judson Kilpatrick, his cavalry chief, ‘a hell of a damn fool.’ At Monroe’s Cross Roads, N.C., his carelessness and disobedience of orders proved Sherman’s point.
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Day One at Chancellorsville
New Union commander ‘Fighting Joe’ Hooker planned to encircle Robert E. Lee at the Virginia crossroads hamlet of Chancellorsville. The plan seemed to be working perfectly, until….
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An Echo of the Civil War In Present-Day Brooklyn
On a leafy side street in present-day Brooklyn, a faint echo of the Civil War can still be heard.
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Decks Covered With Blood
Union Admiral David Farragut, preparing to brave the frowning bluffs of Port Hudson, kept his young son by his side. They would “trust in Providence,” he decreed. So would their shipmates.
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Gilleland’s Double-Barrel Cannon
John Gilleland developed a revolutionary double-barreled cannon meant to sweep Union infantry off the […]