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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New Honors for an Old Hero • MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT FINALLY GETS A MONUMENT

Cutting Edge

Preludes

Wrightsville Salutes

Très Bon Sabre

The South’s Ellsworth

The Greater Good • TRIAGE FOR THE WOUNDED, INSTITUTIONALIZED DURING THE CIVIL WAR, REMAINS FUNDAMENTAL FOR MODERN MEDICAL TEAMS

Danger From Below • THE DAUNTING HUNLEY EARNED ITS GLORY, BUT THE SUB WASN’T THE SOUTH’S ONLY “INFERNAL MACHINE” TO ANTAGONIZE THE UNION NAVY DURING THE WAR

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Boundless Devotion • THE INCREDIBLE BOND BETWEEN SOLDIERS AND THEIR DOGS PROVIDED A MOVING ADDENDUM TO ANTIETAM’S BLOODY FURY

STOPPED COLD BY FIRE • A brief but sharp skirmish at Wrightsville marked the easternmost Confederate advance in Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign

A Literal Stretch of the Underground Railroad

The Strategic Importance of the Columbia Bridge

SWEEPING SORROW • The impact of Elmer Ellsworth’s untimely death in May 1861 had yet to be seen in our nation’s history, a harbinger of four years of horror ahead

“Pet of the Family” Gone

Back on Its Perch

‘WE CAN NOW REJOICE’ • An Ohio teacher got his first true taste of battle as Vicksburg fell in the summer of 1863. Two arduous but fulfilling years in uniform followed

SETTING UP SHOP IN VICKSBURG

An Untapped Resource

HUMAN COLLATERAL • African American refugees sheltering at Harpers Ferry faced an uncertain future when the town fell to Stonewall’s Confederates in September 1862

Cavalry Clash • FIERCE FIGHTING THROUGH THE STREETS OF THIS HAMLET STALLED J.E.B. STUART’S ARRIVAL AT GETTYSBURG

5 CAN’T-MISS BOOKS

Rebel Warriors

Hoosier State Gem

A New Order

UNIT HISTORIES

Alfred Warren Taylor