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When the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was completed, it ran from Columbus, Ky., in the north to Mobile, Ala., on the Gulf coast. The connection, however…

soldier’s issued equipment did not include any cooking utensils beyond camp kettles and mess pans for company use in camp or in garrison.

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Last month’s column told the story of J.C. Van Duzer, the telegraph superintendent who got crosswise with Grant during the Mississippi Central…

St. Albans Bank, pulled pistols, and stuffed money into satchels. One resident asked a raider if private property in town would be spared. The Rebel…

Lieutenant General James Longstreet: Innovative Military Strategist. By F. Gregory Toretta. Illustrated, notes, bibliography, Casemate Publishers…

Craig L. Barry was born in Charlottesville, Va. He holds his BA and Masters degrees from UNC (Charlotte). Craig served The Watchdog Civil War…

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee expected the Union Army to move along the axis of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, as the armies had been doing all…

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prophesied that seceding states could avoid bloodshed and get their share of federal property as well. Indeed, a united South would present such a…

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Old Glory at the Crossroads 1861–1865: The Original and Complete Tribune Newspapers Civil War Centennial Comic Strip. By Rick Fletcher and Athena…

data of any more children afterwards. While two prison guards accidentally shot during an off-duty argument about fire engines was unusual, Major…

In the lead up to the Battle of the Wilderness that occurred on May 5-6, 1864, the Union and Confederate press, civilian population, elected…

In 1890, just over a quarter century after two great battles were fought in northwest Georgia and adjacent areas of Tennessee, the United States…

the New York Times, Edward C. Stedman of the New York World, and of course C. Carleton Coffin of the Boston Journal.14 Writing at Centreville on July…

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Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America’s Most Famous Small Town. By Jill Ogline Titus. Gallery, notes…

As far as the numbers rifled and sighted, Tim states “Between 1855 and 1859 slightly less than 44,000 M1842 muskets were rifled at five U.S. arsenals…

Since 1996, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has worked diligently to acquire properties associated with the battles of Fredericksburg…

When I interviewed Scott Thompson for last month’s column, I saw, among the numerous items decorating his office walls, an image of the Great Seal of…

A question came up on one of the internet forums about the U.S. Model 1842 smoothbore musket compared to the rifled version of that model…

he confines his attention to the experiences of riverboating; he felt a genuine kinship with both men and locale. For instance, Twain takes…

A question came up on one of the internet forums about the U.S. Model 1842 smoothbore musket compared to the rifled version of that model…

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saved the Army of the Potomac by ordering that famous bayonet charge at Gettysburg. He noted in his report the following:

In the eighteen months between December 1862 and May 1864, four major battles, Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Wilderness; and Spotsylvania Court…

The walls in Scott Thompson’s office are decorated an assemblage of Civil War memorabilia, scores of items that Scott has acquired since he started…

Quick! Name a prominent historian of the Western theater!

how to spread butter on a piece of bread. It has been said that one is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. This is an opinion…

spoke up, as did senators and representatives from other states. Atlanta’s mayor said that Sherman’s son would be welcome in his city but advised…

Douglas Southall Freeman deemed it one of “the basic reference works” on the war.1 Ralph Newman and E. B. Long included it the same way in their…

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In addition, a muslin “huck” towel, toothbrush and a couple of small poke bags holding personal items like soap, a clay pipe, and a twist of Virginia…

After two days of brutal but ultimately indecisive fighting at the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864), Ulysses S. Grant decided to move the…

Gen. Kilpatrick even “asked” for some of the family silver. Catharine wrote that “when the general condescends to anything of the kind you cannot…

“Timrod could not carry a musket for the land he loved, but he did something better and far more valuable.

Francis Marion and the Snow’s Island Community- Myth, History, and Archaeology. By Steven D. Smith. Maps, Photos, Illustrations, Endnotes…

would contemptuously gather in their skirts, cross streets, flee rooms, cast hateful glances, or make derisive comments. Some sang spirited…

Most who study the American Civil War must admit to having a particular battle that interests them most. Whether it be due to an ancestor who fought…

Readers of last month’s column marched with the Army of the Tennessee from Atlanta to the Oconee River, about halfway on its journey to Savannah.…

On Feb. 28, 1865, at • Pageland, South Carolina (near the North Carolina line) a Union soldier, Pvt. Robert Woodruff, 30th • Illinois, was found…

The monument features an upright U.S. 30-pdr. Parrott rifle. Visible on the right rimbase is the foundry number 666, matching to registry number 183.…

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The 9th Virginia carried their M1841 rifles to the “high water mark” (seen in this clump of trees) in Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. (Jack W. Melton…

Having Salem Church, and now cut off from retreating back through Fredericksburg, the Union VI Corps, under Major General John Sedgwick spent the…

Sherman embarked upon his March to the Sea on November 15, 1864, taking with him on his southeastward journey two corps from the Army of the…

Left: presented this informative display related items he dug in Savannah, Ga., including relics groups.

The 9th Virginia carried their M1841 rifles to the “high water mark” (seen in this clump of trees) in Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. (Jack W. Melton…

Our Comfort in Dying: Civil War Sermonsby R. L. Dabney, Stonewall Jackson’s Chief of Staff. Transcribed and edited by Jonathan W. Peters.…

‘change’ theunderwear too often, and the disposition not to change grew, as the knapsack was found to gall the back and shoulders, and weary the man…

Scott, a 6th Va. Cavalry veteran.

of his divisions were between there and Iuka. I calculate that, as the crow flies, these two divisions were about 4.5 miles from the battle. Grant…

$1 off with this ad 100 Significant Civil War Photographs: Atlanta Campaign presents a riveting collection of George Barnard’s camera work. Most of…

The Union Blockade In The American Civil War: A Reassessment. By Michael Brem Bonner and Peter McCord. Bibliography, index, notes, University of…

However, for anyone not named Wild Bill Hickok, probably 25 to 50 yards is the upper limit to hit the intended target with four out of six shots.…

September 2021 marked CVBT’s 25th year of preserving endangered battlefields in central Virginia. “To date we have saved over 1,520 acres of…

In 2019 I wrote a column in Civil War News about the October 1862 Battle of Corinth. My focus was on Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the statements he…

cruel punishments for various infractions. Yellow fever, malaria, scurvy, and diarrhea posed serious issues for the prisoners and the hospital…