Brigadier General Silas Casey’s rookie division bore the brunt of furious Rebel assaults at the Battle of Seven Pines.
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Weaponry: The Rifle-Musket and the Minié Ball
The Civil War’s deadliest weapons were not rapid-fire guns or giant cannon, but the simple rifle-musket and the humble minié ball.
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J.E.B. Stuart’s Revenge
A stolen hat and wounded pride spurred Southern cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart into action. His vengeance would be swift, daring, and–unexpectedly–funny.
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Union General Judson Kilpatrick
Union General Judson Kilpatrick was flamboyant, reckless, tempestuous, and even licentious. In some respects he made other beaux sabreurs like fellow-cavalrymen George Custer and J. E. B. Stuart seem dull.
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Battle of Wilson’s Creek
The Battle of Wilson’s Creek helped to keep a critical border state out of the Confederacy.
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Father John B. Tabb: Aboard Confederate Blockade Runners
Father John B. Tabb, an unreconstructed Rebel to the end, had served the Confederacy aboard blockade runners.
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Confederate General Samuel Garland
When Samuel Garland fell at South Mountain, the Confederacy lost a promising general and a proven leader.
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Brigadier General John Gibbon’s Brief Breach During the Battle of Fredericksburg
Although overshadowed by the doomed Federal attack on the Confederate center, General John Gibbon’s 2nd Division managed — however briefly — to make a breakthrough on the Union left.
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If the Gods Are Good: The Epic Sacrifice of the HMS Jervis Bay (Book Review)
Reviewed by Robert Citino By Gerald L. Duskin and Ralph Segman Naval Institute Press, […]
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Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor (Book Review)
Reviewed by Robert Citino By Donald A. Davis St. Martin’s, New York, 2005 Donald […]