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Civil War Book Review: The Vermont Brigade in the Seven Days by Paul G. Zeller

by Brett Schulte January 16, 2019

Zeller, Paul G. The Vermont Brigade in the Seven Days: The Battles and Their Personal Aftermath. (McFarland http://www.McFarlandBooks.com : 2019). 201 pages, 65 illustrations, 8 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-4766-7661-6. $39.95 (Paperback) The Vermont Brigade in the Seven Days: The Battles and Their Personal Aftermath by Paul G. Zeller is another fine book on a […]

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Civil War on the Block

by Fred Ray November 4, 2018

Cowan’s Auctions just completed a massive auction of Civil War items of all kinds. The catalog is fun to look through, even if you can’t afford to buy any of it. Three items I found particularly interesting were: A letter from General Lee to Virginia Senator Andrew Hunter in January 1865 about the enlistment of […]

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National Monument to Black Soldiers, Indian Citizenship

by Fred Ray November 3, 2018

President Trump has designated Camp Nelson in Kentucky as a national monument to honor the black volunteers who mustered there for service in the Union army. It also illustrates the limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation. According to the National Park Service, Camp Nelson, which is located just outside Nicholasville, began as supply depot and hospital […]

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Civil War Book Review: A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater by A. Wilson Greene

by Brett Schulte October 13, 2018

Greene, A. Wilson. A Campaign of Giants–The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater. (University of North Carolina Press: June 2018). 728 pages, 34 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-4696-3857-7. $45.00 (Cloth) With A Campaign of Giants–The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James […]

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