Tag Archives: what-if

Garfield and Chamberlain

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Todd Arrington

On June 14, 1881, Joshua L. Chamberlain of Brunswick, Maine, wrote a letter to President James A. Garfield.  The President’s wife, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, had been ill with malaria for much of the spring, and Chamberlain offered this advice: It … Continue reading →

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When Longstreet Took Boston

Posted on May 31, 2017 by stephendavis

Readers of Civil War News know that I contribute a regular column, “Critic’s Corner,” in which Publisher Jack Melton allows me to write about books and other published works. July is traditionally our “Gettysburg” issue, with a big central section … Continue reading →

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Robert Penn Warren’s Reflections on Jefferson Davis’s Citizenship

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

As I mentioned in a post a couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity recently to pick up Robert Penn Warren’s short 1980 book Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back. It’s beautifully written, and Warren’s ambivalence about his native South … Continue reading →

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“What If Jackson had Survived His Wounding?”

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

I get the question all the time: “What if Stonewall Jackson hadn’t been shot?” When people ask that question, what they really want to know is “What would he have done at Gettysburg?” My answer is always “He would have … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week for July 7, 2014

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Emerging Civil War

This week’s Question of the Week comes to us from a reader. Some readers might find its tone impertinent, but we couldn’t deny that it was, indeed, a thought-provoking question: With the 151st Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg last week, all … Continue reading →

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