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The Union’s eight-month struggle to conquer Vicksburg, Miss., culminated in a 47-day siege that ended on July 4, 1863—one day after the Federal triumph at Gettysburg. Terrence Winschel, former chief historian at Vicksburg National...
America's Civil War Magazine
Over the years Doug Wicklund has earned the nickname “the Gun Whisperer.� And once you meet him, you’ll know why. As a senior curator at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Va., Wicklund oversees thousands of guns that span...
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Free State of Jones, STX Entertainment, 139 minutes, 2016 Presentism, introducing present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past, can infect the best efforts of movie-makers as well as historians. Gary...
America's Civil War Magazine
With the fighting finished, Washington pulls out all the stops for a Grand Review...
America's Civil War Magazine
Divided No More The creation of a battlefield park at Antietam was contentious and uncertain, much like the battle itself ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1867, a large cadre of dignitaries and interested parties descended on Sharpsburg, Md., a...
America's Civil War Magazine
There was logic behind Sherman’s ruinous romp through Georgia—but was it right?...
America's Civil War Magazine
Primary Sources: Bloodletting at Burnside Bridge September 17, 1862. Confederates defending the stone bridge on the lower end of the battlefield at Antietam were outnumbered nearly 4 to 1—but held the high ground. Brig. Gen. Robert...
America's Civil War Magazine
A dramatic death during Pickett’s Charge made his name famous, but no one knew his face—until now, perhaps ...
