Although the Confederates had won the first major battle in the state of Virginia […]
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‘A Lion-Hearted Officer’ from Georgia
Name: Thomas M. Nelson Dates: 1833-1864 Allegiance: Confederate Highest Rank: Lieutenant colonel Unit: Nelson’s […]
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CWT Book Review: Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields
Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields: Discovering America’s Hallowed Ground by Jeff Shaara, Ballatine Books, […]
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CWT Book Review: Slavery, Resistance, Freedom
Slavery, Resistance, Freedom edited by Gabor Boritt and Scott Hancock, Oxford University Press, 2007, […]
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CWT Book Review: Gettysburg- A Journey in Time
Gettysburg: A Journey in Time by William A. Frassanito Caught between two mammoth boulders […]
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Book Review: From Home Guards to Heroes / The 87th Pennsylvania and Its Civil War Community
From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and Its Civil War Community by […]
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CWT Book Review: What This Cruel War Was Over
What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War by Chandra […]
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Lee’s Resilient Longhorns at Little Round Top
In the summer of 1861, communities throughout the Piney Woods of East Texas hummed […]
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First View of First Manassas
A Virginia cavalryman’s evocative letter to his wife served as the initial portal for […]
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Toiling in the Shadows: The Grant-Meade Command Relationship
In the spring of 1864, the destiny of a cautious general changed when a […]