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American Civil War

American Civil War/Behind The Image

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Raising the dead, 1865

April 9, 2021
1 min read

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

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American Civil War/News

Last person to receive American Civil War pension dies

July 2, 2020
1 min read

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

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American Civil War/Books

REVIEW – A short history of the American Civil War

March 17, 2020
2 mins read

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

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American Civil War/News

Civil War find could be rare ‘witch bottle’

March 9, 2020
1 min read

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

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19th Century/American Civil War/War Reporters

War Reporters: Thomas Morris Chester

November 28, 2019
4 mins read
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Thomas Morris Chester is a name little-known in most households. But Chester was a remarkable pioneer.

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19th Century/American Civil War/Cover Feature

The Seven Days, 1862

August 20, 2019
3 mins read
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The American Civil War might easily have ended in 1862. In the event, it dragged on for three more years, claiming the

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American Civil War/Book Awards/Books

REVIEW – The American Military: a concise history

May 15, 2019
2 mins read

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

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19th Century/American Civil War/Cover Feature

Grant and the Overland Campaign

February 14, 2019
1 min read

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

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American Civil War/Cover Feature/Modern

Lee and Jackson

January 11, 2018
2 mins read

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

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19th Century/American Civil War/Feature/Modern

American naval power: Abraham Lincoln and the Union Navy

September 14, 2017
4 mins read

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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