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Civil War Times July 2007 Michael Dreese	Fighting and Dying for the Colors at Gettysburg Beyond their practical value on Civil War battlefields, regimental flags and other banners embodied the pride, honor and bravery of the soldiers who willingly gave their lives to defend them.
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Civil War Times January 2008	Letters From Readers Don't Forget Camp Morton... Thanks for the Picacho Story... Honoring the Rebel Flag... etc.
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Civil War Times December 2006 Frank van der Linden	General Bragg's Impossible Dream: Take Kentucky The 1862 invasion of Kentucky had great promise, but disappointing results.
Military History Quarterly Spring 2006 Stuart W. Sanders	Robert Charles Tyler: Last Civil War Confederate General Slain in Combat Against impossible odds and following orders issued half a year earlier, Robert Charles Tyler became the last Confederate general slain in Civil War combat.
America's Civil War January 12, 2005 Michael C. Hardy	April 2, 1865: 'A Day of Carnage and Blood' Sixth Corps Yankees stumbled out of their earthworks and toward the muddy pits of the Army of Northern Virginia. It was the beginning of the end.
Civil War Times August 18, 2004 Chris Fordney	Winchester, VA: A Town Embattled Winchester, Virginia, saw more of the war than any other place North or South.
America's Civil War Michael Morgan	Digging to Victory at Vicksburg To the armies at Vicksburg, picks, shovels and manual labor proved as valuable as bullets and bombshells.
Civil War Times June 2007 Gordon Berg	American Indian Sharpshooters at the Battle of the Crater In 1864, American Indian sharpshooters fought gallantly beside their black and white comrades in blue in the chaos of the Crater.
America's Civil War Michael E. Haskew	Union General William Rosecrans's attack on Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee American Civil War Union General William Rosecrans bided his time, waiting to attack Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Rebel army at Murfreesboro, 30 miles south of Nashville.
World War II November 2006 David P. Colley	African American Platoons in World War II In March 1945, black volunteers forced the first breach in the U.S. Army's color barrier -- the first black soldiers officially serving shoulder to shoulder with whites in an American infantry unit since George Washington was in command of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
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.
America's Civil War David A. Norris	Bloody Day at Boteler's Ford Just two days after the Battle of Antietam, the deadliest day of the Civil War, the savage Battle of Shepherdstown made for a bloody little coda to the 1862 Maryland campaign.
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.
America's Civil War Donald Scott	Camp William Penn's Black Soldiers in Blue Under the stern but sympathetic gaze of Lt. Col. Louis Wagner, some 11,000 African-American soldiers trained to fight for their freedom at Philadelphia's Camp William Penn. Three Medal of Honor recipients would pass through the camp's gates.
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America's Civil War May 2006 Timothy B. Smith	Battle of Shiloh: Shattering Myths Events that have been distorted or enhanced by veterans and early battlefield administrators have become part of the accepted story of the April 1862 battle -- until now.
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America's Civil War Robert C. Cheeks	Nothing But Glory Gained On a hot July afternoon, 12,000 Southern soldiers started across an airless valley toward bristling enemy lines a mile away. For a moment, time stood still. The fate of two nations hung in the balance. Then the shooting began.
Civil War Times March 2007 Richard F. Welch	Burning High Bridge: The South's Last Hope The Army of Northern Virginia's final opportunity to escape Grant's net disappeared on the banks of the Appomattox -- along with the dream of a Confederate nation.
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America's Civil War July 2005 Jeffry C. Burden	Failed Attack at Vicksburg Ulysses S. Grant thought his formidable Army of the Tennessee could take Vicksburg from a "beaten" foe by direct assault. He was wrong, thanks to near-impregnable fortifications, renewed Southern spirit, and surprisingly suspect Northern generalship.
America's Civil War January 2007 Gordon Berg	Battle of Chickamauga and Gordon Granger's Reserve Corps In 1863, Gordon Granger's rookie Reserve Corps saved the Army of the Cumberland from impending destruction.
America's Civil War June 30, 2004 Roy Morris, Jr.	Last Stand in the Shenandoah With his once-formidable army reduced to a mere shadow of its former self, Confederate General Jubal Early pulled up at Waynesboro to face his old nemesis, Phil Sheridan, for the last time.
Real Travel Adventures June 2009 Ron Kapon	It Was A Revolutionary Civil War I recently experienced two historic years: 1777 and 1863 involving George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.
Civil War Times E. E. Billings	The Fall of Vicksburg On July 4, 1863, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton surrendered the Confederate bastion of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender brought an end to 47 days of unendurable siege, but it also brought an end to Confederate control of the Mississippi River.
National Defense April 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Shifts Focus to Dismounted Soldiers Army leaders say soldiers are the service's greatest weapon, and they are asking industry to shift their focus from platform to person and consider the infantryman first as it plans investments in new technology.
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America's Civil War March 10, 2005 Fred L. Ray	Pre-Dawn Assault on Fort Stedman Led by select groups of sharpshooters, the weary, muddy troops of the Army of Northern Virginia made one last desperate push to break out of Petersburg.
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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.
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Civil War Times January 2008 David J. Eicher	Coming Apart From the Inside: How Internal Strife Brought Down the Confederacy In addition to combating Northern armies, the president of the Confederate States of America battled his congress, his generals and his own vice president.
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Civil War Times August 19, 2004 Alfred Jay Bollet	The Truth About Civil War Surgery If you think Civil War surgeons were ill-trained sawbones who loved to amputate -- usually without anaesthesia -- you need to read this!
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