The Rebel and the Rose: James A. Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost […]
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ACW Book Review: Confederate Ironclad vs. Union Ironclad
Confederate Ironclad vs. Union Ironclad: Hampton Roads 1862 by Ron Field, Osprey, 2008, $17.95 […]
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ACW Book Review: Lincoln and His Admirals
Lincoln and His Admirals by Craig L. Symonds, Oxford University Press, 2008, $27.95 The […]
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ACW Book Review: Heroes and Cowards
Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War by Dora L. Costa and Matthew […]
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Mapping Out a Total War Strategy
If you plan to shut down Atlanta and march to the sea, it helps […]
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Unfriendly Fire for James Longstreet
A Confederate bullet strikes James Longstreet and derails a Wilderness victory. The Confederate flank […]
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Parcel post to freedom
Henry Brown took the extraordinary step of mailing himself to Philly. The baggage handlers […]
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Murder with a Vengeance
John Yates Beall, John Wilkes Booth and the killing of a president. After John […]
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America’s Civil War Today: May 2009
Antietam gives up one of its dead It is common for Civil War battlefields […]
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Audiobook Review: The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan
A witty yet sobering look at how fake piety confers power by peddling bias. Vice Capades implores listeners to always question the motives of vice regulators present and past.