Tag: civil war history

  • Short Takes

    Confederate general Ambrose Powell Hill, a man controversial enough in life, continues to cause problems 145 years after his death—or at least his portrait does. Nine years ago, amid considerable controversy, Hill’s portrait was removed from the county courthouse and put on display at the Museum of Culpeper History. During all that time, further controversy […]

  • Civil War History, September 2008

    Civil War History Published Quarterly by the Kent State University Press Volume 54, Number 3 (September 2008) Civil War History Web Site Everyman’s War: A Rich and Poor Man’s Fight in Lee’s Army…..229 by Joseph T. Glatthaar Joseph Glatthaar, author of General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse (2008), takes a statistically valid sample of […]