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

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Defending Manassas • A NEW THREAT LOOMS OVER THE VIRGINIA BATTLEFIELD

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Take the High Ground… or Hold It • Match the lofty objective with the officer who either defended it or assaulted it:

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Eat Your (Desiccated) Vegetables • PROVIDING SOLDIERS A PROPER AMOUNT OF VITAMINS WAS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE FOR THE ARMIES

Fighting for the Soldiers • THIS ‘WISCONSIN ANGEL’ CHAMPIONED IMPORTANT CHANGES IN HOSPITAL CARE

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Tragic Redemption • AT GETTYSBURG, THE 125TH N.Y. AMENDED ITS WOEFUL START TO THE WAR, BUT LOST ITS HIGHLY REGARDED COLONEL IN SO DOING

LAST RESORT? • Historian sheds new light on the 20th Maine’s epic bayonet charge down Little Round Top

A “GREAT RIGHT WHEEL” OF SORTS

WHO ARE THEY? • Postwar newspapers provided clues to two Gettysburg photo mysteries. Now you can help solve them.

Family Ties

CHARACTER WITNESS • MUSEUM-GOER SOLVES PHOTO MYSTERY

‘MOWED DOWN LIKE GRASS’ • VMI cadets manning Parrott rifles rose to the occasion at New Market, paving the way for a startling Confederate victory in May 1864

‘They Were Ready For Us’

REBEL BEACON • The reputable Atlanta Daily Intelligencer was both news source and cheerleader for Southern readers

FROM THE VAULT • Exploring the Atlanta Daily Intelligencer’s wartime reporting provides a telling look at the nation’s most devastating period. On the following pages are a few capsules of diverse topics the Intelligencer shared with its devoted readers between 1861 and 1865.

The Death of a Deserter

One ‘Fine Steed’

Sad Telegram

‘Loathsome Despoilers’

‘War and Its Horrors’

Surprise Attack • FEDERAL TROOPS DROVE CONFEDERATE CAVALRY FROM THESE PASTORAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS

Storm Troopers

Financial Frenzy

UNIT HISTORIES

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL Herman H. Heath