Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American […]
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ACW Book Review: Earthen Walls, Iron Men
Earthen Walls, Iron Men: Fort DeRussy, Louisiana, and the Defense of the Red River […]
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Robert E. Lee Takes Center Stage
At Gaines’ Mill, Lee’s battlefield debut was a tactical triumph that Union General George […]
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ACW Review: Still Standing
Still Standing—The Stonewall Jackson Story Franklin Springs Family Media, Color, 48 minutes, $19.95 Irony […]
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The Scapegoats at Chancellorsville
Did German Americans’ cowardice cost the Union victory at Chancellorsville? Or should that humiliating […]
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The 4 Fatal Actions of Stonewall Jackson
Timing was everything at Chancellorsville—a fact Jackson ignored when he made critical calls that […]
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ACW Book Review: General Lee’s Army
General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse by Joseph T. Glatthaar, Free Press, 2008, […]
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ACW Book Review: The Operational Battlefield
The Operational Battlefield: America’s Civil War 1861-1863 by Brian Holden Reid, Prometheus, 2008, $34.95 […]
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Out to Shoot Some ‘Damned Rebels’
Civilian John Burns gained fame and some fortune—and the loathing of many neighbors—for fighting […]
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Uncle Abe Needs You! (really, really bad)
The Lincoln administration demanded more from Northern communities and trampled on constitutional rights as […]