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The Civil War Maps of Louis Prang
Louis Prang was born in Breslau, Germany, on March 12, 1824. His father was a calico printer who taught a young Louis the art of color mixing and color printing. While working with his father […]
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Thornsberry Bailey Brown
Grave of Thornsberry Bailey Brown in the Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, WV. Brown, a member of the “Grafton Guards,” was the first Union soldier to be killed by a Confederate soldier when he was shot […]
Barton, Clara
Clara Barton’s Civil War
Clara Barton’s Civil War: Between Bullet and Hospital Donald C. Pfanz Hardcover; 228 pages Westholme Publishing (2018) In Clara Barton’s Civil War, author Donald Pfanz provides a thought-provokingly fair and accurate accounting of her nursing […]
Book Profiles
The War Outside My Window
The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 Janet Elizabeth Croon, editor. Hardcover; 480 pages Savas Beatie (2018) The War Outside My Window is the edited diary of a […]
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Lincoln’s Lieutenants
Lincoln’s Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac Stephen Sears Hardcover; 896 pages Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2017) Lincoln’s Lieutenants by Stephen Sears is a comprehensive leadership history of the Army of the Potomac […]
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More Civil War Nicknames
Over the years, a previous article on Civil War Nicknames has remained one of the most popular posts on this site, so much so that a sequel to the original seems to be in order. […]
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Louisiana State Monument
The wounded artilleryman of the Louisiana State Monument at Gettysburg looks east from Seminary Ridge.
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American Ulysses
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ronald C. White Hardcover; 826 pages Random House (2016) American Ulysses is a new and engaging biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White. Despite […]
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Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel
Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel: An Unlikely Hero of the Civil War Sharon B. Smith Hardcover; 288 pages Lyons Press (2016) In Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel, author Sharon B. Smith examines one of the most […]
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Grant Protects Lee From Treason Trial
Following the end of Civil War hostilities in 1865, there were many in the North who wanted the civil and military officials of the Confederacy to stand trial for treason. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln […]