Civil War Times

I really enjoyed the article by A. Wilson Greene about the June 15, 1864, assaults at Petersburg featured in the December 2018 issue. Those opening attacks of the Petersburg Campaign are usually overshadowed by the events at the Crater and later batt

A study led by UCLA economics professor Dora A Costa examined how the terrible conditions in Civil War POW camps affected not only the inmates, but also any offspring conceived after their father’s imprisonment. The report specifically compared outco

TO SUCCESSFULLY TAKE AN IMAGE in the great outdoors, Civil War photographers needed to set up a bulky camera, wait for the correct light to expose a glass or metal plate, prepare developing fluid to douse that plate in some sort of portable darkroom,

IN A SMALL PARK along Granny White Pike in Nashville, joggers and walkers are busy burning calories early on a Sunday morning. Nearby looms the massive Battle of Nashville Peace Monument honoring Union and Confederate soldiers who fought over a vast

FOLLOWING THE CARNAGE of Maj. Gen. George Pickett’s failed frontal assault against the Union center at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, General Robert E. Lee rode among survivors of Pickett’s Division as they returned to the sheltering slopes of Seminary

THE MINIE BALL INVENTED by French Captain Claude-Étienne Minié and refined by Harpers Ferry armorer James Burton is well known to Civil War students, and even Nashville golfers get a look at cartoonish replicas of their bullet (P. 16). But who knows

“I love this computer! It is easy to read and to use! I get photo updates from my children and grandchildren all the time.” – Janet F. Have you ever said to yourself “I’d love to get a computer, if only I could figure out how to use it.” Well, you’re

As Harriett Griffith strolled around the Stine Farm on Winchester’s northern outskirts in the summer of 1861, the sight of an earthwork fortification under construction awed her. While troops labored on Fort Collier, named in honor of the Confederate

Despite being widely unknown among modern Americans, Civil War buffs, and even artists, Moses Ezekiel lived a life of firsts and participated in notable historical events. He was the first Jewish cadet enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI

On the eve of the Civil War, Thomas Cahill was well-established in New Haven, Conn., a bustling industrial city of 39,000 residents. Cahill was born in Boston in 1828, the son of Irish parents who came to the United States in the early 19th century.

CHICAGO, ILL. In Arrigo Park: A large bronze statue of Christopher Columbus. OHIO At Johnson’s Island Confederate Cemetery: Southern. Statues at the Cincinnati Art Museum, including Eve Hearing the Voice, and the Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum

When Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman turned his back on Atlanta on November 15, 1864, and headed east on his March to the Sea, he left behind military drama in central Tennessee, where John B. Hood’s Army of Tennessee found itself pitted against the Uni

WITH ITS MANICURED LAWNS and mature trees, Pickwick Road in Centreville, Virginia, is a nice place to raise a family. But it was once a place to fight a war. Halfway down Pickwick Road, you can park and walk along what’s called the Covered Way, a thr

The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies By Peter S. Carmichael University of North Carolina Press, 2018, $31.97 REVIEWED BY ANDREW F. LANG Scholarship on the common soldier of the Civil War is strong