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USS Hartford “He Died for Me”
As the crow flies, the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., lies 795 miles from Mobile Bay in Alabama, about 690 nautical miles. While Admiral David Farragu…
Through the Lens One of the Fiercest Fights
spending some time building houses in the early 1830s in the fledgling village of Chicago, he went to sea as a ship’s carpenter and sailed the Pacific Ocean. He r…
This & That
n 2024, I devoted a column to a quiz, entitled “Testing Your General Knowledge.” I cited some data about the pre-war lives of men who later became famous and aske…
The Graphic War Andersonville
uring and after the war, several printmakers such as Charles Magnus, Edward Sachse, and the Rosenthal’s in Philadelphia produced lithographic images of federal ca…
THE UNFINISHED FIGHT: THE BELGIAN MUSKET IN THE CIVIL WAR
There were many European smoothbore muskets (manufacturers), in Liege during the War. The Belgian gunin use on both sides early in the U.S. Civil War. In maker’s…
Phil Sheridan’s Widow Her Campaign to Protect His Memory
Anger consumed Irene Sheridan in mid-September 1888 as she read a newspaper article announcing the upcoming release of a biography of her recently deceased husban…
Moment of Mercy and Reflection Cooling Down
Frozen water or ice, as it is more commonly referred to, is something not taken for granted in the humid South. This was especially true during the Civil War. Whi…
Fiercest Fights One Of The
In August 1864, control of the Shenandoah Valley, Va., pitted Union Gen. Philip Sheridan, Army of the Shenandoah, against. Confederate Gen. Jubal Early, Valley Ca…
Emerging Civil War
Sergeant Richard Kirkland of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry leans with a canteen over a wounded soldier cradled in his arms. The wounded man is a member of the 1…
Critic’s Corner The South Won the War
Actually, this genre of counterfactualism goes back further than even the past century…even before the war itself. In 1836, a fifty-two-year-old law professor at…
Civil War Book Reviews
Civil War History of Charleston’s Castle Pinckney Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War. By W. Clifford Roberts, Jr. and Matthew A.…
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
From a strategic and tactical military standpoint, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s January 1863, “Mud March” was an unmitigated disaster for the Army of the Potomac.…
Behind the Lines
the rush to create interpretive media for the visitors’ centers, some results showed the hurry, as with the film for Shiloh, which had some embarrassing lapses, n…
Awards Announced For Excellence In U.S. Army History Writing
Awards Announced For Excellence In U.S. Army History Writing FORT BELVOIR, VA – The Army Historical Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Army…
Wyse Fork
Over the March 8 weekend, the Historic Preservation Group presented a two day tour of the recently protected battlefield of Wyse Fork. In actuality, three engagem…
Vision and Valor The War Through Women’s Eyes
Think for a moment about all the keystrokes made on all the cell phones so constantly present in the hands of boys and girls (and adults of all ages) these days.…
This & That Through the Lens
s many readers will know, the CSS Florida was a highly-successful commerce raider. Cruising from January 1863 until October 1864, the vessel preyed on Northern sh…
The Work Of The Very Devil Himself
On July 2, 1863, about 6 p.m., during the Battle of Gettysburg, Penn., C.S. Gen. James Longstreet’s, Army of Northern Virginia, 15,500 men were driving U.S. Gen.…
The Unfinished Fight
Atraditional New Year’s dinner in the South during the mid-19th century would not be complete without serving the famous dish known as Hoppin John. It is a single…
The Graphic War
He was destined to be an historian, and he began his life’s work as an artist. John B. Bachelder was a lithographer, a photographer, and a landscape painter, yet…
Home of Joseph Holt Vision and Valor:
Joseph Holt was born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in 1807. His family was a slave-owning family who raised tobacco and hemp on their farm near the village of…
Emerging Civil War 47th Annual Family Event
The Atlanta Civil War Round Table is pleased to announce that it has chosen Daniel A. Masters as the winner of its 2025 Richard Barksdale Harwell Award for his He…
Critic’s Corner The End of an Era - John S. Wise
Virginian John Sergeant Wise (1846–1913) was fourteen when the war broke out. His father, a well-to-do planter in eastern Virginia, saw to the lad’s education, wh…
Civil War Book Reviews
Excellent Introductory Study Race to the Potomac: Lee and Meade After Gettysburg, July 4-14, 1863. By Bradley M. Gottfried and Linda I. Gottfried. Savas Beatie, s…