America's Civil War

Published since 1987, America’s Civil War strives to deliver to our readers the best articles on the most formative and tumultuous period of American history — the Civil War. Noted authors present the many battles, personalities and fascinating stories of the period.

America’s Civil War

ALL AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE • For the volunteer soldiers who stayed close to home, the Civil War in the Southwest was personal—and just as crucial as the fighting back east

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A Mother’s Sacrifice • WIDOW AGNES ALLISON SENT FOUR SONS OFF TO WAR. NONE SURVIVED

Bullseye • LEE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE PICKETT’S CHARGE WAS AIMED

Shadow Game • A UNION CODE-BREAKER WRECKS CONFEDERATE HOPES IN CHARLESTON HARBOR

LEGENDS ON HORSEBACK • MOSBY’S RANGERS HAD A BIG HAND IN BRINGING THE ‘GRAY GHOST’ PLENTY OF GLORY

Who Were They? • This photo of Mosby and some of his men was taken after the war in Baltimore, Md., and is often the art of choice in articles and accounts about the unit. Even when the men’s names are cited, additional information is missing. “Who were they?” I asked. “What happened to them?” My search involved scouring old newspapers, out-of-print books, organizational archives, and historical society publications. It was a rewarding, though sometimes sad, effort. Generally, these men who had fought so gallantly for the South integrated back into society as loyal, dedicated U.S. citizens.

‘PANIC SO GREAT’ • ONE KANSAS REGIMENT’S SPIRITED CHARGE UP MISSIONARY RIDGE WAS A WELCOME MOMENT IN THE SUN

Kings of the Hill

LOST RIGHTS • A FEISTY CONFEDERATE CHAPLAIN TAKES ON FELLOW CATHOLIC PHIL SHERIDAN TO ESCAPE YANKEE CAPTIVITY

‘An outrage on religion’ • Extracts from James McMaster’s “A Great and Cruel Wrong: Arrest and Imprisonment of a Confederate Catholic Chaplain,” from the New York Freeman’s Journal and Catholic Register (November 19, 1864, pages 4-5).

118 MEN AT GETTYSBURG • AN OHIO BATTERY’S RESOLVE ON JULY 1, 1863, MERITS MORE ATTENTION. IT HELPED SECURE THE UNION VICTORY

Organized Iron

Traces of a Legend • THE ‘GRAY GHOST’ AND HIS MEN HAMPERED UNION EFFORTS IN VIRGINIA WITH MIDNIGHT RAIDS AND STRATEGIC SCHEMING

TODAY IN HISTORY AUGUST 24, 1814 • THE BRITISH SET FIRE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. DURING THE WAR OF 1812, THE BRITISH SACKED WASHINGTON. SHORTLY BEFORE THEY REACHED THE WHITE HOUSE, DOLLEY MADISON AND A FEW SERVANTS SCRAMBLED TO SAVE VALUABLES, INCLUDING A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CREATED BY GILBERT STUART. TODAY THE PAINTING HANGS IN THE EAST ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

Speech for the Ages

Sensory Assault • Living by Inches: The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feelings of Captivity in Civil War Prisons

The Everlasting Circle: Letters of the Haskell Family of Abbeville, South Carolina, 1861-1865

“Too Much for Human Endurance”: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg

Treason on Trial: The United States v. Jefferson Davis

Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington

The Women’s Fight: The Civil War’s Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation

Attack at Daylight and Whip Them

Bands OF Brothers

HOW MANY TIMES HAS THE DESIGN OF THE U.S. FLAG CHANGED?