“Pony” Ormsby deserted a Union cavalry regiment to fight with Confederate partisan John S. […]
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America’s Bloodiest Day- September 17, 1862
An Overview of the 1862 Maryland Campaign and the Battle of Antietam. The Campaign […]
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Corporal Barton W. Mitchell and the Lost Orders
Union Corporal Barton W. Mitchell accidentally stumbles upon Confederate special orders from General Robert E. Lee and quickly works to put it to good use
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Conversation with Ed Bearss
In a quiet neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, Ed Bearss takes walks near his house […]
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ACW Review: The Horse Soldier (1959)
Arguably no film director photographed men and horses better than John Ford.Already the master […]
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ACW Book Review: Welcome the Hour of Conflict
Welcome the Hour of Conflict: William Cowan McClellan and the 9th Alabama Edited by […]
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ACW Book Review: Shenandoah Summer
Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign by Scott C. Patchan University of Nebraska Press, […]
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Abraham Lincoln Slept Here
To beat downtown D.C.’s sweltering summers, Old Abe retreated to a fashionable, breeze-cooled house in the ‘burbs’.
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How the Union Failed to Successfully Blockade the South
The Union blockade of Confederate ports was porous, inadequate and easily penetrated throughout the entire Civil War.
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East Versus West
Eastern theater battles grabbed the headlines, but Western theater campaigns decided the war. The […]