Civil War Book Review: The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson

by James Durney November 29, 2013

The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson by Chris Mackowski & Kristopher D. White Product Details Paperback: 168 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (April 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611211506 ISBN-13: 978-1611211504 In Confederate lore after Robert E. Lee comes Stonewall Jackson.  No Confederate personalities can challenge either of them for dominance. This is as true now as […]

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Chickasaw Bayou – A Retrospective (1)

by Dan O'Connell November 28, 2013

Introduction As the 150th anniversary of the 1862 battles of the Civil War passes into history there are some that have received little or no attention. In my recent reading of Edwin C. Bearrs three volume history of the Vicksburg Campaign I found just such an example in the fight for Chickasaw Bayou. The excellent […]

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Civil War Book Review: Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign

by James Durney November 27, 2013

Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign (Civil War America) by Earl J. Hess Product Details Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; First Edition edition (April 22, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1469602113 ISBN-13: 978-1469602110 In 1864, the United States launched two major efforts to end the Civil War. The Overland […]

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From Around the Web

by Fred Ray November 17, 2013

Better late than, you know…. the Pennsylvania Patriot & Union retracts an 1863 editorial panning the Gettysburg Address. Most of us would love to own a real Civil War cannon, but it’s probably still ill-advised to fire it at your neighbor, even if it’s only loaded with wadding. Dr. Howard Markel at PBS takes a […]

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ADAH Digital Collections On Line

by Fred Ray November 4, 2013

Rob Wynstra sends along a tip that the Alabama Department of Archives and History now has a lot of its collections available on the web, including quite a lot of Civil War info. This includes period photos and textual materials, and is well worth a look. The Confederate soldiers section, for example, has a wealth […]

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You Can See the One That Gets You!

by Fred Ray October 29, 2013

So they said during  the Late Unpleasantness, meaning that if you could see a cannon or Minié ball you were in trouble because it was probably the one that would take you out. So why would that be? Normally a projectile travels too fast for the eye to see, but if it’s headed straight at […]

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First Battle of Deep Bottom – Conclusion

by Dan O'Connell October 9, 2013

Conclusion and Assessment The Union bridgehead was removed during the overnight of July 28-29. Grant , searching for some justification for the miserable performance, noted that they had drawn five Confederate divisions north of the river. It made no difference as the mine explosion led to nothing but a bloody fiasco. The promise of operations […]

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