Americas Civil War – March 2011 – Table of Contents
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A Shot in the Dark
As P.G.T. Beauregard took aim at Fort Sumter, neither side had a clue what they were getting into.
By Winston Groom
Opening Salvo at Fort Sumter
Our special pullout map lets you see how precarious Major Robert Anderson’s situation really was.
Lee, Grant and Their Steadfast Steeds
No self-respecting general would just horse around with his mode de transport.
By Ron Soodalter
The Teenage Terrorist of Roane County
The biggest thorn in the side of Yankees in western Virginia was… a girl.
By H. Donald Winkler
Survival in an Alabama Slammer
Rats, lice, scraps and muggers. And did we mention the flood?
By Peter Cozzens
The One-Way Voyage of the Stone Fleet
The best way to cut off Southern shipping? More ships.
By Greg Bailey
DEPARTMENTS
Letters
Field Notes
Civil War news and history
5 Questions
Preservation’s go-to guy
Cease Fire
Virginia’s schizophrenic memory
Legends
Everything’s bigger in Texas—even the consequences of surrendering
A Civil War Chronology
Prologue
Reviews
War news in the New York Times, a look at neo-Cons, and a tear-jerker
Struck!
Here’s why you should always turn out the light when you leave home