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.

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America’s Civil War

FAMILY TRAGEDY

Femme Fatale

New Banner Blooms

Don’t Fiddle Around

Battleground West Virginia

GRAPESHOT!

‘Gone the Sun’

JOINING THE FRAY

‘As He Lived For Others, So Did He Die’ • CONFEDERATE SHELL FIRE CUT DOWN REVERED UNION GENERAL ISRAEL RICHARDSON AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

Head of the Class • FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER FINDS A FITTING HOME AS ONE OF JOHN HUNT MORGAN’S VAUNTED CAVALRY RAIDERS

Altered Facts • THE STRANGE ORDEAL OF ANDREW HUMPHREYS AND HIS PENNSYLVANIANS AT ANTIETAM

HERO’S WELCOME • AT GETTYSBURG’S 1888 GRAND REUNION, CONFEDERATE OUTCAST JAMES LONGSTREET TURNED MAN OF THE HOUR. BUT HIS MEMORY TOUR WAS NEARLY FATAL

DRAGGED INTO THE VORTEX • LONGSTREET FINDS A WAY TO ESCAPE DEATH IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA YET AGAIN

ANTIETAM’S DEADLY HARVEST • NEW REVELATIONS FROM A RECENTLY DISCOVERED MAP

Antietam Death Tolls • Over the years, scholars, generals, and veterans have established various totals for Antietam’s gory tally.

DEEP BLUE IN A REB STATE • MARTINSBURG’S UNIONIST PASSION WAS SO UNSHAKABLE, CONFEDERATES RESORTED TO CALLING THE KEY WESTERN VIRGINIA TOWN ‘LITTLE MASSACHUSETTS’

‘HUMANITY FORBADE THEM TO STARVE’ • AS GRANT FOCUSED ON TAKING VICKSBURG, HE FOUND COMPASSION TO COMBAT A CONTRABAND CRISIS

Waterways to Freedom • AFRICAN AMERICANS FOUND A NEW LIFE IN AND AROUND THIS CONFEDERATE STRONGHOLD

HISTORY, COMPETITION & CAMARADERIE

Closing the Great Divide

Sherman in the Balance

Felix Salm-Salm