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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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‘Oh, that reminds me of a story’
Abraham Lincoln’s penchant for humor and colloquial language helped him persevere through the darkest days of the Union.
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Glory at Battery Wagner
William H. Carney Became the First Black Soldier to Earn the Medal of Honor. […]
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Death of the III Corps
What was Dan Sickles thinking when he ‘practically destroyed his own corps’ at Gettysburg? […]
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Cannon Fodder
Lincoln’s nine-month enlistment strategy put thousands of unprepared Union troops in the field. At […]
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The Civil War Today: August 2009
Don’t Forget Your Camera! Last year’s Grand Prize winner in the Civil War Preservation […]
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So Far From Home
The family of a Confederate colonel killed at Gettysburg learned that the dead must […]