Tag Archives: Rick Beard

The Future of Civil War History: An Interview with Dana Shoaf (part four)

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

part four of five We have been talking this week with Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf about “The Future of Civil War History.” In yesterday’s segment, Dana and I talked about the use of military history as a way … Continue reading →

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What Did the War Cost?

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

For the last few weeks, I have been serving a detail to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park as a park historian. After a walking tour of the Sunken Road on the Fredericksburg Battlefield, I received the following question: “What … Continue reading →

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