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Turning Point: Assault on Battery Wagner by the 54th Massachusetts

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Phill Greenwalt

Around a small hamlet in southern Pennsylvania, Robert E. Lee’s vaunted Army of Northern Virginia was stymied and driven back after three days, July 1st through the 3rd, of bloodletting at the Battle of Gettysburg. A turning point in the … Continue reading →

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On Location: Charleston’s Battery

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

It’s been a windy few days in Charleston, which you’ll be able to hear, but I wanted to bring you on location to one of my favorite spots in the city…. For more information…

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“Many Things More to Be Feared Than Death”

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Steward T. Henderson

At the Friday evening panel session of the Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, an audience member asked a question that I answered and Chris Kolakowski expanded upon. The topic of the discussion was “Great Attacks of … Continue reading →

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Fort Fisher vs. Mother Nature

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

Fort Fisher, situated between the Atlantic shore and the Cape Fear River less than twenty miles south of Wilmington, NC, was one of the last hold-outs of Confederate resistance to the Federal blockade. After a pair of attempts to capture … Continue reading →

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Sketches from the Shenandoah: The Wounding of Charles Russell Lowell

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Daniel Davis

At the Battle of Cedar Creek, James Taylor captured the mortal wounding of Colonel Charles Russell Lowell. Lowell hailed from Boston and was a member of one of New England’s most distinguished families. A Harvard graduate, Lowell received a commission … Continue reading →

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