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66 Pages |
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America's
Civil War |
Volume
3, Number 3 |
September
1990 |
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66 Pages |
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8 The French-made LeFaucheux revolver was Stonewall Jackson's favorite. Page
10 The 56th New York Volunteers called themselves "the Tenth Legion." Page
12 Confederate Colonel George S. Patton left behind a famous namesake. Page
18 When a panicky aide reported a supposed gap in the Union lines at Chickamauga, commanding General William Rosecrans issued the single most disastrous order of the Civil War. The result was pandemonium. Page
26 As a young lieutenant, Robert E. Lee had helped construct Fort Pulaski, outside Savannah, Georgia. He was confident it would withstand enemy bombardment. Page
32 On the third day at Gettysburg, an obscure Confederate divisional commander named George Pickett would organize-but not lead-the most famous charge in American history, the charge that now bears his name. Page
42 The Federal horsemen searching for "that devil Forrest" in northern Mississippi would find him soon enough-then they would have the devil to pay. Page
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58 Desolate Fort Jefferson was the North's "Devil's Island."
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