Tag Archives: Mary Chesnut

Mary Chesnut & The Royals, Part 2

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Though Mary Chesnut occasionally wrote about Queen Victoria, her more colorfully written royal gossip centered on Louis Napoleon and Eugenie, the Emperor and Empress of France. Nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon (aka Napoleon III) presided as the first president … Continue reading →

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Mary Chesnut & The Royals, Part 1

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Mary Chesnut—the famous Southern diarist—loved to keep up with the news and that included international matters. True, she spent a lot of time following rumors and speculating if or when a European power would aid the Confederacy, but there was … Continue reading →

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A Gem from the Gilder Lehrman

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Steve Davis

A century and a half after the war, we’re still finding cool stuff. I’ll give an example from my new book, Texas Brigadier to the Fall of Atlanta: John Bell Hood (Mercer, 2019). In my research I was perusing Kirk … Continue reading →

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Fact vs Interpretation at the Bloody Lane

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Chris Kolakowski

There is a movement afoot to reinterpret key parts of the Maryland Campaign. In some cases, battlefield interpretation is being changed or removed based on new sources and/or new perspectives. I am all for reexamining history based on new or … Continue reading →

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Of Dawn & Dusk, Beginnings & Endings

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Wait for it. Dawn creeps along the horizon. The coming day is foretold with growing light, long before the sun’s disk crests the horizon. Like a saga of history – an event long looming on time’s horizon, then bursting suddenly … Continue reading →

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On To Appomattox…

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

As the days passed and the armies slogged forward in the days after the breakthrough at Petersburg, civilian and soldier alike sensed a coming end of the Army of Northern Virginia. Through the week, Union cavalry and infantry cut off … Continue reading →

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Civil War News‘s November Annual “Book Issue”

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Steve Davis

I happen to be Book Review Editor for Civil War News, the nation’s monthly newspaper for enthusiasts. For our November issue I helped CWN Publisher Jack Melton plan some nifty features for the issue. 

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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Wounding Site of Daniel Sickles

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Kristopher D. White

Part of a series. Major General Daniel Sickles was the wild card in the Army of the Potomac, and a survivor. Sickles was a prewar lawyer and politician who was tried, and acquitted for, the murder of Philip Barton Key … Continue reading →

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Pick #5 In the Top Ten: Mary Chesnut’s Civil War/Diary from Dixie, edited by C. Vann Woodward/ Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary.

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Meg Groeling

Part of a Series: Books Every Civil War Buff Ought to Own There is absolutely no doubt that this book, whichever version you choose, should be on every Civil War bookshelf. It is Gone With the Wind writ true, and … Continue reading →

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