Ever heard of the New York regiments that made up the Army of the […]
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Picking Up the Pieces
Bone collectors were responsible for a series of postwar images of the battlefields near […]
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A New Generation Digs Johnson’s Island
The prison site on Johnson’s Island has proved to be an un – usually […]
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Last Raid of a Rebel Pirate
John Yates Beall, the “Mosby of the Chesapeake,” launched a daring scheme to rescue […]
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Anxious for the Fight: Nelson Miles and the Battle for Sutherland Station
A burly officer in a mud-splattered uniform walked out of a telegrapher’s tent near […]
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Abe’s Southern Routes
Some Virginians claim Lincoln’s greatness arises from his Old Dominion heritage. Abraham Lincoln spent […]
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Observing the Laws and Customs of War
Edmund Ruffin, the fire-eating Southern secessionist, practiced what he preached. When the moment of […]
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Down in the Trenches, Smeared With Blood
Seventeen years ago, in a spirited and widely reprinted article, Mark E. Neely Jr. […]
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Interview: Lesley J. Gordon / Scarred by Memories of Antietam
Lesley J. Gordon, who teaches at the University of Akron, is the author of […]
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CWT Today- April 2009
Key Third Winchester Site Saved Third Winchester, the bloodiest battle to take place in […]