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The Mighty Ram 'Albemarle' by
Virgil Carrington Jones
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Built in a cornfield under a teenager's
direction, this mighty Confederate ram threatened Union control of the
North Carolina sounds until a daredevil naval officer found a way to
destroy her.
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A Century Ago
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June 1862: Fair Oaks / Seven Pines, Robert
E. Lee assumes command, Memphis, Cross Keys, Port Republic, Stuart's
ride around McClellan, Secessionville, the Seven Days, Oak Grove,
Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Savage Station, Glendale
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Murder of a Union
General by Joseph P. Fried, Jr.
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Jefferson Davis, the Union general,
murdered Mag. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson on September 29, 1862 in
Louisville, Kentucky...and got away with it.
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Gibbon's Plan for
Taking Petersburg in '62 by Capt. Mark H. Jordan, USN
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John Gibbon submitted a
proposal to take Petersburg to Ambrose Burnside in late 1862, just
before Burnside's disastrous assault at Fredericksburg. Could
Burnside have done what Grant finally accomplaished if he had heeded
Gibbon's advice?
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Varina Howell Davis--A
Profile by Allen Keller
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This remarkable woman was speech writer,
secretary, and official hostess for Jefferson Davis, as well as his
devoted wife.
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| Letters & Diaries:
A Union Officer's Diary of the Appomattox Campaign by E. E. Billings |
Captain Daniel Paddock Barnard, Jr.
139th New York Volunteer Infantry
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Character of the
American Soldier by Gen. Frncois Adolphe de Chanal
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A French general, an observer sent to
America in March 1864, found the American soldier to be clean and
self-reliant. His report, which appeared in 1872, was entitled L'Armee Americaine.
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Weapons &
Equipment: The Requa Rifle Battery by Dr. Francis A. Lord
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The Requa Rifle Battery,
patented on September 16, 1862 by William Billinghurst and J. Requa,
could deliver up to seven volleys a minute of .58 caliber
bullets. With 25 barrels mounted on a carriage, the Requa Battery
was ideal for guarding a bridge.
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The Battle of
Olustee by Richard P. Weinert, Jr.
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In 1864, the Federals
decided it was time to 'pacify' the interior of Florida and put that
state under a reconstructed government. A Union expedition
prematurely marched inland and on February 20 was routed with a loss of
1,800, twice the number of casualties suffered by their Confederate
counterparts.
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What's Wrong With
Civil War Novels by David Gerard
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David Gerard says most
Civil War novels are mediocre because they do not avoid a 'modern'
style, they try too hard not to be sectional, partisan, and one-sided,
they choose an unworthy protagonist, they concentrate too often on only
one battle, they are not historically accurate, and they usually
include a love story. Gerard points to The Horse Soldiers by Harold
Sinclair as an example of a good Civil War novel.
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Book Reviews
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1.
Who Fired the First
Shot?--And Other Untold Stories of the Civil War by Ashley
Halsey, Jr.
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The
Exchange of Rooney Lee by George E. Lippincott
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When
the Confederates planned to hang two Union officers, the Federals
threatened to execute two Southerners in return. One was the son
of Robert E. Lee.
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