Heaven Shines on Home Field Advantage
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Read more...Laid to Rest in Lexington
On May 15, 1863—150 years ago today—Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was laid to rest in his beloved Shenandoah Valley. He had died five days previously and, since his death, his remains had traveled from Guinea Station down to Richmond to rest in the Confederate capitol before beginning the trek westward. Jackson was brought home […]
Read more...The Union Blockade and Mexico—Part 2
By Caroline Davis—part two The Union Blockade had begun to move inland up the Rio Grande by 1864, thwarting trade across the river. One would expect negative repercussions with the closing of this important trade route, but the Confederacy was never a primary benefactor in the relationship. In all actuality, the Matamoros Trade was more […]
Read more...New Yorkers Under a South Carolina Crescent atop a Tennessee Mountain
Read more...Congratulations to Daniel Davis and Phillip Greenwalt!
We are thrilled to debut the new book cover for Dan and Phill’s upcoming book Bloody Autumn: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. This will be their first book together. Look for the title this fall as part of the Emerging Civil War Series, published through Savas Beatie, LLC.
Read more...On the 149th Anniversary of the Bloody Angle
In the midst of the Chancellorsville sesquicentennial, the 149th anniversary of the battle of the Wilderness slipped by unnoticed, and the anniversary of the battle of Spotsylvania Court House arrived without fanfare. But I’ve taken it upon myself as my personal mission to remember this particular place so, although still recovering from Chancellorsville, I took […]
Read more...The Union Blockade and Mexico—Part 1
We are excited to welcome guest author Caroline Davis. Caroline is a graduate of Ball State University with a BA in History and minors in Political Science and Philosophy. She currently is finishing her second internship at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. In the fall she plans on attending Georgia State University, where she […]
Read more...Fateful Lightning: Was Sherman’s March To the Sea a War Crime? Part I
You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in […]
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