When war came in 1861, the influential Blair family had an untested president’s ear: Conciliation with the South was not an option.
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ACW Review: Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain (2003) Directed by Anthony Minghella If the director of Cold Mountain, the […]
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ACW Review: Civil War Memory
Civil War Memory: Reflections of a High School History Teacher and Civil War Historian […]
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Unfriendly Fire for James Longstreet
A Confederate bullet strikes James Longstreet and derails a Wilderness victory. The Confederate flank […]
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The Origins of War
Do we, like the ants, have organized aggression embedded in our genes? Is it a part of human nature? Or is war learned behavior? Can we ever tell when war began, and where?
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ACW Book Review: Civil War in Loudoun County
The Civil War in Loudoun County, Virginia by Stevan F. Meserve, History Press, 2008, […]
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ACW Book Review: Operational Battlefield
America’s Civil War: The Operational Battlefield 1861-1863 by Brian Holden Reid, Prometheus Books, 2008, […]
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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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Fire and Blood- Getting to Vicksburg
A Yankee flotilla encounters unforeseen adventures in its perilous attempt to find a back […]
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The Great Emancipator’s mass execution
Abraham Lincoln permitted the hanging of dozens of rebellious Sioux.