America’s Civil War: The Operational Battlefield 1861-1863 by Brian Holden Reid, Prometheus Books, 2008, […]
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Trees: Silent Survivors
Dedicated park rangers help preserve trees that weathered the war’s most brutal battles—and all […]
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Don’t Mess with Stonewall
Andrew Jackson Grigsby’s fury was an advantage on the battlefield, but it sure didn’t […]
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Dan Sickles Blowing Smoke
Was wounded Dan Sickles coolly chomping that cigar as he was carried off the […]
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Gettysburg Addressed
Its $103 million price tag raised a few eyebrows. But a year after opening, […]
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Fire and Blood- Getting to Vicksburg
A Yankee flotilla encounters unforeseen adventures in its perilous attempt to find a back […]
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Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act turned peaceful prairies into battlegrounds. It can be argued that the […]
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The Great Emancipator’s mass execution
Abraham Lincoln permitted the hanging of dozens of rebellious Sioux.
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Interview: Winston Groom / A novelist’s approach to the Civil War
Writer Winston Groom, whose works range from Forrest Gump to Shrouds of Glory, returns […]
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The Civil War Today: July 2009
Graffiti vandals taunt Gettysburg park officials Early in January, vandals left a sobering message […]