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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.   |
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. |
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. |
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. |
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. |
Civil War Times
January 2007
Richard F. Selcer |
Ulysses S. Grant: The "Unconditional Surrender" Continues U.S. Grant's mastery of the `art of surrender' continued at Vicksburg and climaxed at Appomattox, where his terms began the reconciliation of a shattered nation. |
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
July 19, 2004
Julie Holcomb |
Eyewitness to War: Iron Brigade Soldier's Wartime Letters Timothy Webster survived Fredericksburg and Gettysburg with the Iron Brigade, but not Petersburg. |
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. |
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
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 |
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. |
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. |
America's Civil War
August 11, 2004
John D. Pelzer |
Desperate Ironclad Assault at Trent's Reach With Confederate forces strangled at Petersburg, the Southern Navy prepared to assault the enemy's supply depot at City Point. But first, Rebel ships had to get past Trent's Reach. |
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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
December 2003
Eric Ethier |
Who Was the Common Soldier of the Civil War? Here's what the statistics tell us. |
America's Civil War
July 2005
Faye Royster Tuck |
Eyewitness Account: A Tar Heel at Gettysburg After capture, Lawrence D. Davis had to undergo being reviewed by 'big & fat' Ben Butler. |
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. |
America's Civil War
January 2008 |
Letter From America's Civil War Lincoln's Relentless Quest for Victory... |
