Though the Iron Brigade of the West was worn down and shot up by […]
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Civil War Blogs
Over the past few years, blogs have descended on the World Wide Web like […]
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Connecticut Man Joins the Union Army
He had what so many covet: a “good job.” His bank clerk position was […]
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Building Göring’s Fokker D.VII
Before he commanded the Luftwaffe during WWII, Hermann Göring was a 22-victory WWI ace […]
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The War List: The Plagues of War
Here’s a look at some epic diseases that impacted empires, armies and the outcomes of wars throughout history.
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Daily Quiz for November 21, 2018
This statesman got rich from selling Hadacol but was charged with tax evasion in 1957.
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ACW Book Review: Antietam-The Lost Order
Antietam: The Lost Order by Donald R. Jermann (Pelican Publishing Co.,Gretna,La., 2006,$24.95) Antietam:The Lost […]
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ACW Book Review: Confederate Heroines
Confederate Heroines:120 Southern Women Convicted by Union Military Justice (Louisiana State University Press,Baton Rouge,2006, […]
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A Question of Cowardice
Battle and disease posed the greatest threats to Civil War soldiers, but errors by […]
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Grant is Dead!
How would things have been different if Ulysses S. Grant had been killed in 1864? Studying the ‘ifs’ of Civil War history, if done properly, can help us understand why things turned out they way they did.