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Richard Ewell’s Difficult Decision on July 1

Did Confederate II Corps commander Richard Ewell make the right decision in hesitating to attack the enemy in the late hours of July 1? The post Richard Ewell’s Difficult Decision on July 1 appeared...

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Lincoln vs. Frémont and His “Hasty Emancipation”

Determined to hold on to the Union's crucial boarder states, President Abraham Lincoln clashed publicly with Maj. Gen. John. C. Frémont over Frémont's hasty emancipation proclamation in Missouri. The...

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John Bell Hood at the Battle of Gettysburg

How the native Kentuckian and hardened war veteran rejoined the Army of Northern Virginia just in time for the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. The post John Bell Hood at the Battle of...

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Comparing the Battle of Gettysburg to the Entire Civil War

Writer Brooke Stoddard compares the events at the Battle of Gettysburg to the three general phases of the American Civil War. The post Comparing the Battle of Gettysburg to the Entire Civil War...

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Robert E. Lee: Confederate Icon

General Robert E. Lee led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War and remains one of the conflict’s most revered figures. The post Robert E. Lee: Confederate Icon appeared first...

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The American Civil War: Forging a National Identity

The four tragic years of the American Civil War, fought 1861 to 1865, strengthened the Federal government and ended slavery in the United States. The post The American Civil War: Forging a National...

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Colonel Patrick Kelly at the Battle of Gettysburg

Colonel Patrick Kelly was a beloved Union commander who led the Irish Brigade into the Wheatfield at the Battle of Gettysburg. The post Colonel Patrick Kelly at the Battle of Gettysburg appeared first...

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J.E.B. Stuart and Kilpatrick butt heads at Buckland Mills

Two of the Civil War's most colorful cavalry officers butted heads at Buckland Mills, Virginia: J.E.B. Stuart and Judson 'Kill Cavalry' Kilpatrick. The post J.E.B. Stuart and Kilpatrick butt heads at...

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Pickett’s Charge: “We Gained Nothing But Glory”

By Eric Niderost July 3, 1863, dawned clear and bright, the warm sun promising even greater heat to come. By […] The post Pickett’s Charge: “We Gained Nothing But Glory” appeared first on Warfare...

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Rebel Misfire at Gettysburg

By Robert L. Durham The men of Brig. Gen. Alfred Iverson’s North Carolina brigade, four regiments strong, marched forward as […] The post Rebel Misfire at Gettysburg appeared first on Warfare History...

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Prisons of the Civil War: An Enduring Controversy

By Michael E. Haskew The June 19, 1861, editorial in the Charleston Mercury newspaper warned: “War is bloody reality, not butterfly sporting. Read more The post Prisons of the Civil War: An Enduring...

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“Keep to your Sabers, Men”: J.E.B. Stuart’s Charge at Gettysburg

By Cowan Brew An angry gloom hung like dust over the 6,000 Confederate cavalrymen trooping up the York Turnpike in the early dawn of July 3, 1863. Read more The post “Keep to your Sabers, Men”: J.E.B....

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The Creation of the U.S. Sanitary Commission

By Lawrence Weber In the spring of 1861, a group of influential northern men and women, led by Unitarian minister Henry Whitney Bellows and social reformer Dorothea Dix, met in New York City to discuss...

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Union Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing

By William E. Welsh One of the smoothbore cannons in Captain Merritt B. Miller’s Third Company of the Washington Artillery deployed west of Emmitsburg Road just south of the town of Gettysburg fired a...

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The Heroism of Vision: Photographs from the Battlefield

By Al Hemingway On the morning of February 23, 1945, on the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima, a 40-man patrol gathered at the 5th Marine Division headquarters for their final briefing with battalion...

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