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September 2006
Ted Alexander |
Battle of Antietam: Two Great American Armies Engage in Combat The opposing armies at Antietam were two very different forces commanded by two very different men.   |
America's Civil War
January 2008
Gerald T. Riggs |
Abraham Lincoln: Commander in Chief Despite his lack of military experience, Abraham Lincoln was forced to become an active commander in chief. Finally, in Ulysses S. Grant, he found a kindred spirit. |
Civil War Times
August 2007
Marc Leepson |
At Washington's Gates: Jubal Early's Chance to Take the Capitol A Confederate army came within hours of capturing the Federal capital and dramatically altering the 1864 presidential election, the war and the ultimate fate of two American nations. |
Civil War Times
September 2006 |
Letter Robert E. Lee's men reminded the Yankees on the ridges around Sharpsburg, Md., that size, supply and fortuitous discoveries of informative cigar wrappers don't always translate into victory on the battlefield. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Charles Oliver |
Southern Nationalism Exploring the roots of the Civil War... |
America's Civil War
January 2008 |
Letter From America's Civil War Lincoln's Relentless Quest for Victory... |
Parameters
Autumn 2006 |
Book Reviews The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. By George Packer... On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom... Rein In at the Brink of the Precipice: American Policy Toward Taiwan and U.S.-PRC Relations. By Alan D. Romberg... etc. |
Civil War Times
April 17, 2004
Ethan S. Rafuse |
Ulysses S. Grant: The Union's New Three-Star General Not since 1798 had congress trusted a soldier with the full power of the lieutenant generalcy. Clearly, great things were expected from Ulysses S. Grant. |
America's Civil War
March 2008 |
Letters From Readers - March 2008 Gettysburg a high water mark.... Ancestor's Antietam legacy... Fort Pulaski and Lee... Correcting the Union offensive... The boy hero of Tennessee... Sharpsburg battle losses... Looking for Italian connections... |
American History
February 2, 2005
Dinesh D'Souza |
Abraham Lincoln as Statesman The key to understanding Lincoln's Philosophy of Statesmanship is that he always sought the meeting point between what was right in theory and what could be achieved in practice. |
Civil War Times
Maurice G. D'Aoust |
Unraveling the Myths of Burnside Bridge Ambrose Burnside failed to deliver a crippling blow to the Army of Northern Virginia at Antietam -- considered by some historians as the most important conflict of the Civil War -- and then he tried to cover it up. |
Civil War Times
August 2007 |
Letters From Readers Not a Lincoln Man... More on Lee's Pennsylvania Motives... Accessible to All... Correction... |
American History
August 9, 2004
William F. B. Vodrey |
George Washington: Hero of the Confederacy? The cost of political greatness, it's been said, is to be forced to campaign long after your death. That's certainly true of George Washington, whose name, image and legacy were appropriated by the Confederacy. |
Civil War Times
John C. Waugh |
The Proving Ground in Mexico For young American army officers of the time, the Mexican War was not only the road to glory, it was the road to promotion -- a proving ground for future Civil War generals. |
| Civil War Times |
Death and Civil War America: Interview with Drew Gilpin Faust Faust's new book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War is a thoughtful study of the impact of the Civil War's massive death toll. |
| Civil War Times |
Letter From Civil War Times - February 2008 George B. McClellan's failed expectations. |
Reason
June 2005
Cathy Young |
Behind the Jeffersonian Veneer Thomas Woods, author of the best-selling Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, is a bad ally for libertarians, though his message may appeal to those who can't distinguish the flaws of America from those of outright despotisms. |
Civil War Times
September 2007
Thomas P. Lowry |
William J. Palmer: America's Civil War's Forgotten Union General William J. Palmer delivered the most accurate intelligence of any Union scout before Antietam, defused a mutiny in Tennessee and earned the Medal of Honor. So why doesn't anyone remember him? |
Parameters
Summer 2005 |
Book Reviews Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972... Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror... Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism... etc. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 23, 2005
Scott A. Sandage |
Losers and the American Dream Born Losers: A History of Failure in America looks at the stories of near-anonymous people who dreamed big and fell far, while at the same time exploring our shifting attitudes toward those Willy Lomans in our midst. |
America's Civil War
January 2006
William Marvel |
Controversial Crossing on Burnside's Bridge Should General Ambrose Burnside have ordered his men to wade Antietam Creek? The author undertook a personal odyssey to find out. |
American History
October 22, 2004
Jason Emerson |
Robert Todd Lincoln: Perpetual Non-Candidate Living in the shadow of his revered father, Robert Todd Lincoln served the Republican Party and his country with distinction. But while perennially courted by his party, he steadfastly refused a presidential or vice presidential nomination. |
Salon.com
February 12, 2002
Laura Miller |
Better than a saint A new biography removes Abraham Lincoln's halo, revealing a man whose sheer human goodness remains mysterious... |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
Success Tips From Abraham Lincoln Although matching the specifics of Abraham Lincoln's career might not be a fair standard to set for oneself, we can still be informed by his general tenor and character. |
Civil War Times
February 2006
Daniel Mark Epstein |
Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman: War's Kindred Spirits Kindred spirits Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman prepared themselves for another bloody year of war as 1863 dawned. |
America's Civil War
September 2007
Mannie Gentile |
War's Lingering Devastation in the Antietam Valley Maryland farmer William Roulette's inventory of destruction from the Battle of Antietam. |
Parameters
Winter 2003/2004 |
Book Reviews Reconstructing Eden: A Comprehensive Plan for the Post-War Political and Economic Development of Iraq... The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad... Defense's Nuclear Agency, 1947-1997... Diem's Final Failure: Prelude to America's War in Vietnam... etc. |
America's Civil War
September 2007
John H. Nelson |
Battle of Antietam: Union Surgeons and Civilian Volunteers Help the Wounded Union surgeons and civilian volunteers struggled to cope with thousands of Antietam wounded in barns and barnyards, houses and churches, haystacks, pastures and flimsy tent |
