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America's Civil War Jon Guttman |
The Last Ride of J.E.B. Stuart Badly misunderstanding his opponent's intentions, Jeb Stuart played into Phil Sheridan's hands at Yellow Tavern. A swirling cavalry fight ensued. |
America's Civil War Brent L. Vosburg |
Cavalry Clash at Hanover Southern beau sabreur J.E.B. Stuart hardly expected to run head-on into enemy cavalry on his second ride around the Union Army. But a trio of 'boy generals' would soon give the famed Confederate horseman all the action he could handle. |
America's Civil War Al Hemingway |
Day One at Chancellorsville New Union commander 'Fighting Joe' Hooker planned to encircle Robert E. Lee at the Virginia crossroads hamlet of Chancellorsville. The plan seemed to be working perfectly, until... |
America's Civil War Bruce A. Trinque |
Hancock's 'Well-Conducted Fizzle' With Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia stubbornly clinging to Petersburg, Ulysses S. Grant decided to cut its vital rail lines. To perform the surgery, he selected one of the North's proven heroes -- 'Hancock the Superb.' |
America's Civil War Noah Andre Trudeau |
Robert E. Lee's Struggle in the Wilderness As the Union army crossed the Rapidan River to commence its powerful spring offensive, Confederate General Robert E. Lee scrambled to divine his enemy's intentions. But not even Lee could fully pierce the fog of war. |
America's Civil War Robert Collins Suhr |
Little Phil Sheridan Wins His Spurs At an obscure railroad station in northern Mississippi, an equally obscure Union cavalry colonel faced a personal and professional moment of truth. His name was Phil Sheridan, and his coolness and dash clearly marked him for bigger things. |
America's Civil War Daniel Zimmerman |
J.E.B. Stuart: Gettysburg Scapegoat? Following the Confederate debacle at Gettysburg, many blamed Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart for leaving General Robert E. Lee in the dark. But was Stuart really to blame for the defeat? And if so, was he the only one at fault? |
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. |
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. |
America's Civil War Allan L. Tischler |
Union Major General Philip H. Sheridan's Scouts Civil War Union General Phil Sheridan put together a group of scouts who wore Rebel uniforms and captured Confederate irregulars, dispatches and generals. |
Civil War Times Mar/Apr 2006 Jeffry D. Wert |
George Custer: Between Myth and Reality George Armstrong Custer stalks America's past with a disturbing presence. Reality and myth about him still collide on the battlefields of Virginia and Pennsylvania. |
Military History November 2006 Robert N. Thompson |
Battle of Cold Harbor: The Folly and Horror The blame for a broad command failure that led to 7,000 unnecessary Union casualties in a single hour applies to more than just the commander in chief. |
America's Civil War June 29, 2004 Arnold Blumberg |
From the Wilderness to Petersburg with the Old Dominion Brigade The Virginia regiments originally under the brigade command of William Mahone seemed to save their best for last. After two years of average service, they became Robert E. Lee's go-to troops in the Wilderness and at Petersburg's Crater. |
America's Civil War Ronald E. Bullock |
Last-Ditch Rebel Stand at Petersburg After nearly 10 months of trench warfare, Confederate resistance at Petersburg, Va., suddenly collapsed. Desperate to save his army, Robert E. Lee called on his soldiers for one last miracle. |
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. |
Civil War Times 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 Curtis D. Crockett |
The Union's Bloody Miscue at Spotsylvania's Muleshoe How Colonel Emory Upton's brilliant plan for limiting casualties devolved into the most primal combat of the war. |
America's Civil War July 19, 2004 William Preston Mangum II |
Kill Cavalry's Nasty Surprise Union General William Sherman considered Judson Kilpatrick, his cavalry chief, 'a hell of a damn fool.' At Monroe's Cross Roads, N.C., his carelessness and disobedience of orders proved Sherman's point. |
Military History July 8, 2004 Jeffry D. Wert |
Longstreet and Lee: Generals At Odds At Gettysburg, Longstreet told Lee that a direct assault would end in disaster -- but Pickett's Charge went forward anyway. |
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 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. |
America's Civil War Todd S. Berkoff |
Bloody Baptism for the Black Hats John Gibbon's mostly green Midwestern troops found themselves in quite a scrape as the sun set on August 28, 1862. His Black Hat Brigade would never forget their baptism of fire at Brawner's Farm. |
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 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 September 2006 Gerald J. Smith |
44th Georgia Regiment Volunteers in the American Civil War The hard-fighting 44th Georgia suffered some of the heaviest losses of any regiment in the Civil War. |
America's Civil War James B. Ronan II |
Union Regulars Brigade Desperate Stand at Chickamauga Civil War Brigadier General John King's disciplined brigade of Union Regulars found itself tested as never before at Chickamauga. For two bloody days, the Regulars dashed from one endangered spot to another, seeking to save their army from annihilation. |
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. |
America's Civil War John F. Wukovits |
John Singleton Mosby's Partisan Rangers' clash with George A. Custer's Union Cavalry When Civil War's John Singleton Mosby's Partisan Rangers clashed with George A. Custer's Union Cavalry, the niceties of war were the first casualty. Reprisal and counter reprisal became the order of the day. |
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. |
America's Civil War Garrison & Pierson |
Lightning at Chickamauga Colonel John T. Wilder's 'Lightning Brigade' did all it could to stave off Union disaster at the Battle of Chickamauga. |
America's Civil War Gary W. Dolzall |
Enemies Front and Rear Union forces under George H. Thomas destroyed the Confederate Army of Tennessee at Nashville as Thomas endured his own battle of resolve with Ulysses S. Grant. |
Military History Quarterly Noah Andre Trudeau |
Charles Lee's Disgrace at the Battle of Monmouth Charles Lee's military credentials were solid. But his failure to coordinate subordinates led to a crucial breakdown at the Battle of Monmouth, and a rare public rebuke from George Washington. |
Civil War Times May 2006 Maurice D'Aoust |
Hoodwinked During the Civl War: Union Military Deception Appearances could be misleading on the battlefields of the Civil War. |
Civil War Times August 2005 John Cabell Early |
A Southern Boy Remembers Gettysburg Major General Jubal Early's nephew recalls the famous meeting on July 1 between his uncle and General Robert E. Lee during the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania. |
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. |
American History June 2006 Louis Kraft |
George Armstrong Custer: Changing Views of an American Legend Although he was already a popular figure in his own time, the disaster that doomed George Armstrong Custer on the Little Bighorn forever secured his place in the American mind and mythology. |
Civil War Times John F. McCormack, Jr. |
Never Were Men So Brave Their casualties were enormous but their courage and capacity for fun were legendary. General Lee himself gave highest praise to these Yankees of the Irish Brigade. |
Wild West William A. Dobak |
Buffalo Soldiers: Sorting Fact from Fiction Known as buffalo soldiers, though they did not use that term themselves, the black servicemen who saw duty in the Wild West generally had the same burdens and privileges as their white counterparts. |
Parameters Summer 2004 |
Book Reviews The New Chinese Empire... The Franco-Prussian War... First Great Triumph... etc. |
America's Civil War January 2008 |
Letter From America's Civil War Lincoln's Relentless Quest for Victory... |
Wild West August 2007 R.K. DeArment |
Gang Crackdown: When Stuart's Stranglers Raided the Rustlers Montana pioneer rancher Granville Stuart and 14 grimly determined fighting men cracked down hard on the organized gangs of rustlers plaguing the wild and sparsely populated territory in 1884. |
Job Journal June 6, 2010 Robert Wilson |
Uncomfort Zone: Thrown Into the Driver's Seat Given the chance to take charge, many are motivated to perform. |