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American Civil War/Behind The Image

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Raising the dead, 1865

The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…

American Civil War/News

Last person to receive American Civil War pension dies

The American Civil War ended more than a century and a half ago. But the last person to receive a pension tied…

American Civil War/Books

REVIEW – A short history of the American Civil War

Anderson, an American history professor who has taught about the war for 20 years – ‘a Southerner teaching in South Carolina’, he…

American Civil War/News

Civil War find could be rare ‘witch bottle’

Filled with iron nails, the bottle was initially thought to have been placed there for storage. But Oliver Mueller-Heubach and Robert Hunter,…

19th Century/American Civil War/War Reporters

War Reporters: Thomas Morris Chester

Thomas Morris Chester is a name little-known in most households. But Chester was a remarkable pioneer.…

19th Century/American Civil War/Cover Feature

The Seven Days, 1862

The American Civil War might easily have ended in 1862. In the event, it dragged on for three more years, claiming the…

American Civil War/Book Awards/Books

REVIEW – The American Military: a concise history

The American Military: a concise history is an essential introduction to the development of the US army. From the landing of the…

19th Century/American Civil War/Cover Feature

Grant and the Overland Campaign

Grant’s conduct of the Overland Campaign has sometimes been criticised as bludgeoning – lacking in tactical finesse, restricted to frontal attacks, callous…

American Civil War/Cover Feature/Modern

Lee and Jackson

What is the role of the individual in history? The collaboration between Robert E Lee and Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson changed the course…

19th Century/American Civil War/Feature/Modern

American naval power: Abraham Lincoln and the Union Navy

Patrick Boniface analyses the expansion and transformation of the US Navy during the American Civil War. ‘Give me six hours to chop…

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