Columbiad: A Quarterly Review of the War Between The States |
Volume
4, Number 1 |
Spring
2000 |
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21 Although their support of the Confederacy was significant, postwar politics may explain why the many contributions of the South's Irish immigrants are little remembered today. Page
43 In November 1863 General James Longstreet had his old adversary Ambrose Burnside bottled up in Knoxville, Tennessee. Among the Federal soldiers trapped by the Confederates was William Todd who, in a revealing letter to his parents, described life on the siege lines. Page
66 Since the Civil War the memory of the Lost Cause has often been used as a means of advocating specific political agendas. These interpretations of the Confederate war effort continue toaffect how we look at the war today. Page
89 The longevity of Confederate armed resistance has often been credited to the South's military leaders. The often overlooked contributions of the South's scientific community, however, may have been just as important to the Confederacy's survival. Page
109 The day after John Brown descended on the government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, George L. Douglass wrote a detailed letter home that described the raid and Brown's capture. Page
122 A noted Civil War scholar critiques those revisionists who have attempted to debunk many of the previously held notions of Robert E. Lee's greatness. Page
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