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150 years ago, July 1862

July 2nd, 2012 · 1 Comment

150 years ago, July 1862 One month ago, the Army of the Potomac listened to Richmond’s church bells.  Now they are at Harrison’s Landing covered by gunboats on the James River.  On the first, the Battle of Malvern Hill ends the Seven Days’ Campaign.  The Army of Northern Virginia has suffered 20,141 causalities, about 4,300 […]

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Civil War Book Review: The Peninsula Campaign and the Necessity of Emancipation

March 19th, 2012 · 3 Comments

Editor’s Note: This book will be available to the public on April 2, 2012. Brasher, Glenn D. The Peninsula Campaign and the Necessity of Emancipation: African Americans and the Fight for Freedom  (The University of North Carolina Press, April 2, 2012). 304 pages, illustrations, 2 maps, bibliography, endnotes, index. ISBN: 978-0-8078-3544-9 $39.95 (Hardcover). What campaign […]

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