Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War Harry […]
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CWT Book Review: The Life of Johnny Reb
The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy Great historians take […]
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Whatever Happened to George Junkin?
With his Scots-Irish roots and staunch Calvinist beliefs, the Reverend George Junkin must have […]
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Tracking Down the Past: The Civil War in Fredericksburg
I believe a case can be made for considering Fredericksburg, Virginia, one of the […]
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Who Fired The Fatal Shot?
An intriguing postscript to the story of Major General Leonidas Polk’s death is the […]
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Pawn Takes Bishop
Union artillery brought a deadly end to the career of clergyman-turned-soldier Leonidas Polk. The […]
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Governor McClellan: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
Ego, inflexibility and inactivity defined ‘Little Mac’ in the governor’s office just as they […]
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The ‘Old Joke’
Unlike their 20th-Century counterparts, Civil War commanders did not have the benefit of aerial […]
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Students and Secession in the Old Dominion
Virginia’s colleges became cradles of disunion as young people debated the necessity, and opportunity, […]
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The Letters of James Quilliam
James Daniel Quilliam was born on February 2, 1836, to James and Margaret Cain […]