America's
Civil War |
Volume
2, Number 3 |
September
1989 |
66 Pages |
Page
6 Page
8 Rival telegraphers used elaborate codes to keep their wires secret. Page
10 The Grand Army of the Republic's poignant final encampment ended an era. Page
12 Devout young Southern General Dorsey Pender balanced faith and warfare. Page
20 William Tecumseh Sherman had a plan for destroying Joseph Johnston's Confederate army at the very outset of the Atlanta Campaign. Page
26 The Rebel ironclad, Albemarle, rode at anchor off Plymouth, North Carolina, defying the Union to challenge her. One reckless young Northern naval lieutenant took the dare. Page
34 New Orleans residents--male and female--defiantly faced the Union "Beast." To them, Maj. Gen. Ben Butler was evil incarnate. "Hide your silverware," they warned when he walked among them. Page
42 The Northern cavalry attacking Brandy Station, Virginia, that summer day had improved dramatically from previous troops. J.E.B. Stuart's Southerners had all they could do to withstand the unexpected onslaught. Page
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58 Philadelphia, cradle of the republic, remembers our most wrenching war.
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