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The Last Duel in the Confederacy by
Ashley Halsey, Jr.
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More than a dozen Confederate officers are
known to have been involved
in duels or informal shooting frays over "honor" during the Civil
War.
Those killed or wounded in such clashes included three generals, a
colonel, and a major. Author Samuel Protor believes the last
Confederate duel of the war took place on March 19, 1865 between two
members of Halsey's horse artillery battery, Thomas R. Chew and Marx E.
Cohen, Jr.
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David McMurtrie
Gregg--A Profile by Russell F. Weigley
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This capable officer was
not as ruthless as Sheridan or as dashing as Stuart, but his calmness
in battle made him one of the Union's most dependable horsemen.
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Lesser-Known
Action--Sabine Crossroads by Jack D. L. Holmes
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Shreveport was a major target for Banks'
Red River expedition of 1864. The Federals might have made it if
they hadn't detoured via Mansfield, Louisiana, and avoided the Battle
of Sabine Crossroads.
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A Century Ago This
Month by Robert D. Hoffsommer
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November 1862: McClellan
replaced by Burnside, Grant receives command of Department of the
Tennessee, Pemberton appointed to command Department of Mississippi,
Tennessee, and East Louisiana, Burnside reorganizes Army of the Potomac
into Grand Divisions
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The Guns of the Keokuk by Ursula and James F.
Harding
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Federal officers considered the cannon
aboard the sunken ironclad beyond recovery. Confederate
authorities took a different view.
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Letters &
Diaries: Thomas Scott Allen by Elden E. Billings
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Thomas Scott Allen
2nd Wisconsin Infantry
5th Wisconsin Infantry
Iron Brigade
Brawner's Farm
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Weapons &
Equipment: The Federal "Rocket Battalion" by Dr. Francis A. Lord
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The hopes of the Federal
"Rocket Battalion" soared until their balky weapons let them down.
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Famous Fighting
Unit: Dilger's Battery (Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery) by Henry
I. Kurtz
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Was Dilger's Battery
('those damned Dutchmen from Ohio') the best artillery unit in the
Federal Army? Here's it s record.
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The Other Gettysburg
Address by Robert H. Fowler
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It lacked the poetry and brevity of
Lincoln's talk but Edward Everett's oration was not just hot air.
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| Confederate Salt Works
in Florida by Samuel Proctor |
Saltmaking along Florida's Gulf Coast was a
profitable but vulnerabe Civil War business.
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Book Reviews
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1.
Halleck: Lincoln's Chief
of Staff by Stephen E. Ambrose
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