Depressed and restless after two weeks of idleness in their regiment’s ice- and mud-encrusted […]
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The Sound of Music in the Civil War
The war years were alive with songs that were learned and sung throughout the North and South.
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A Wiregrass Rifle
NAME: George Fennell Newton DATES: 1841-1922 ALLEGIANCE: Confederate HIGHEST RANK: Private UNIT: 61st Georgia […]
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A Dark Night At Chancellorsville
Members of the 18th North Carolina Infantry had barely fashioned a line amid the […]
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CWT Book Review: Shock Troops of the Confederacy
Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooters of the Army of Northern Virginia by […]
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CWT Book Review: Basil Wilson Duke, CSA
Basil Wilson Duke, CSA: The Right Man in the Right Place by Gary Robert […]
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CWT Book Review: Civil War Diary of Rice C. Bull
Soldiering: The Civil War Diary of Rice C. Bull Jarring blasts of thunder commingled […]
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Desperate Deeds of Valor
New Englander Warren Lee Goss caught “the war fever” after hearing that Confederate sympathizers […]
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Whatever Happened to Benjamin Wade?
A leader among the radical Republicans in Congress, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio wielded […]