John Baylor snatches New Mexico—and a Union officer’s career. Union Major Isaac Lynde was […]
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Barging into the Old Northwest
The Erie Canal was the ‘Big Ditch’ that gave the North the edge in […]
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ACW Review: The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage (1951) Directed by John Huston In 1951, director John […]
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ACW Book Review: Remembering Kentucky’s Confederates
Remembering Kentucky’s Confederates by Geoffrey R. Walden, Arcadia Publishing, 2009, $21.99 Geoffrey Walden’s new […]
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ACW Book Review: Orlando M. Poe
Orlando M. Poe, Civil War General and Great Lakes Engineer by Paul Taylor, Kent […]
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ACW Book Review: South Carolina’s Military Organizations
South Carolina’s Military Organizations During the War Between the States (4 volumes) by Robert […]
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ACW Book Review: Wars Within a War
Wars Within a War: Controversy and Conflict Over the American Civil War edited by […]
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ACW Book Review: Lincoln’s Political Generals
Lincoln’s Political Generals by David Work, University of Illinois Press, 2009, $34.95 Abraham Lincoln […]
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ACW Book Review: Atlas of the Civil War
Atlas of the Civil War: A Comprehensive Guide to the Tactics and Terrain of […]
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Hidden Heroes: No Quit ‘Rip’ Ford Kept the Yanks in check
In May 1865, with the end of the war nearing, Union troops hoped they had seen the last of Confederate Colonel John Salmon Ford. They weren’t so lucky.