Number 3 (Fall 1997)

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From The Editor
by James P. Kushlan

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Contributors

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Letters

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Notes From The Field

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McClellan, von Clausewitz, And The Politics Of War
by Ethan S. Rafuse

A comparison with a classic military work suggests McClellan’s strategy may have been a well-reasoned effort to win without opening the floodgates of “total war”.

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Character Confirmed: The Life Of Douglas Southall Freeman
by David E. Johnson

Robert E. Lee would have stood in awe of his most single-minded biographer.

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Vicksburg: The Epitome Of Interservice Cooperation
by Jonas L. Goldstein

For a Union admiral to cooperate willingly and cheerfully with the army was unheard of; at Vicksburg, it was the key to success.

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Enshrining The Memory Of Pickett’s Charge
by Carol Reardon

Old soldiers’ memories, the changing face of a battlefield, and the work of historians clashed and mingled as Americans struggled to interpret Pickett’s Charge fifty years after it happened.

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“Giving Them Aid And Comfort”
by Gregg Woodall

General David E. Twiggs surrendered a huge amount of Federal property in Texas on the eve of the Civil War. Did he have any other choice?

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The Man Who Troubled The Waters
by Alan B. Flanders

A search through the primary sources identifies the mind behind the first ship of the modern navy: the C.S.S. Virginia.

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Trampled Honor: Vaughn’s Brigade At Piedmont
by Donahue Bible

Unfairly branded as slackers after an 1864 engagement in the Shenandoah Valley, a group of Confederates from east Tennessee finally gets its due.

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Book Reviews