Unholy Sabbath: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory, September 14, 1862 […]
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Ural on URLs US Dakota War
In August 1862, Americans from New York City to Union-occupied New Orleans watched as […]
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Why do we love our Civil War?
We shot each other to pieces. We killed off a generation of men. We […]
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Carnage in Kentucky’s Hills
The Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862, may be the war’s most overlooked […]
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Dorsey Pender
He disliked Jackson and mistrusted Stuart. Here is a revealing profile, based on letters […]
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‘Little Mac’ did not dawdle
It’s time to get the story straight about when George McClellan became aware of […]
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Interview: Wayne E. Motts / The National Civil War Museum’s New Man
“My interest, for all my life, has been the Civil War,” says Wayne Motts, […]
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Blue and Gray: What if…?
Counterfactual scenarios can be both fun and enlightening. What if… “Stonewall” Jackson had been […]
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Union Rubicon
Ambrose Burnside’s strategy could have carried him, victorious, into Richmond. But poor communications doomed […]
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American Graffiti
Common soldiers covered buildings with inscriptions, drawings and rants in many of the places […]