Union general Daniel E. Sickles felt that he got no respect for his role in the Civil War’s pivotal battle. So he decided to go on the offensive.
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A Dog’s Life
Our own regiment had a pet of great value and high regard in “Little […]
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The Road to Appomattox
At the beginning General Robert E. Lee decided to evacuate his army from the […]
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Insight: A Historian Explains How Republicans Misjudged the Threat of Secession
David M. Potter’s scholarship explains how the North saw Southern rhetoric as ‘crying wolf’
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The Battle of Orange Court House: Mounted Mayhem in the Streets
Much-maligned Yankee cavalry finally got the best of its Confederate rivals
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Pawn Takes Bishop
Union artillery brought a deadly end to the career of clergyman-turned-soldier Leonidas Polk. The […]
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The Letters of James Quilliam
James Daniel Quilliam was born on February 2, 1836, to James and Margaret Cain […]
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A Wiregrass Rifle
NAME: George Fennell Newton DATES: 1841-1922 ALLEGIANCE: Confederate HIGHEST RANK: Private UNIT: 61st Georgia […]
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CWT Book Review: Basil Wilson Duke, CSA
Basil Wilson Duke, CSA: The Right Man in the Right Place by Gary Robert […]
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Desperate Deeds of Valor
New Englander Warren Lee Goss caught “the war fever” after hearing that Confederate sympathizers […]