Civil War Times

Biographies, battles, eyewitness accounts & period photos of America’s greatest internal conflict. Civil War Times delivers the thrilling, extraordinary history of America’s most deadly internal struggle, from biographies to battle stories, eyewitness accounts to period photographs, plus travel guides, perceptive book reviews and more.

Mending the McClellan Myth

Civil War Times • AUTUMN 2023 / VOL. 62, NO. 4

RETURN FIRE

MILL SPRINGS STEAMBOAT

MISSING SKETCH

‘LET FREEDOM RING’

SUBMERGED SURPRISE

WAR FRAME

BATTLEFIELD BIRDING

WORK IN PROGRESS

OVERSEEING RICHMOND

PRESERVATION REGISTER

WORTH A MOVE • REAL ESTATE WITH CIVIL WAR CONNECTIONS

CLOSE UP! QUIZ

History, Competition and Camaraderie

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

SERVING THE TYCOON • THREE SECRETARIES LOGGED ENDLESS HOURS IN LINCOLN’S WHITE HOUSE

AN IDIOT’S DELIGHT • IT’S AN ARDUOUS CLIMB UP ROCKY FACE RIDGE. AND SO WORTH IT

THE BLOODIEST DAY

GOYAHKLA, THE ORIGINAL NAME OF APACHE LEADER GERONIMO, TRANSLATES AS…

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MOUNTAINTOP MEMORIAL • MAJOR GENERAL JESSE RENO HAS A NICE MONUMENT ATOP SOUTH MOUNTAIN, MD.

TAKING HARD MEASURES • JOHN POPE’S IMPACT ON THE EASTERN THEATER

‘A SICKENING SIGHT’ • A NEW YORK AUTHOR ENDURES THE JULY 1863 DRAFT RIOTS

58 BODIES • THE REAL STORY ABOUT DEAD CONFEDERATES BEING TOSSED IN DANIEL WISE’S WELL DURING THE 1862 MARYLAND CAMPAIGN

FINAL RESTING PLACE

CONFEDERATE BLOCKADE BUSTER! (ALMOST) • IN 1862, AN ALABAMA ARCHITECT CONCEIVED AN AIRCRAFT WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BOMB NORTHERN SHIPS

TWO TRIGGERS • THE SAVAGE NAVY WAS ALMOST A DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER

AN EVOLVING SOUL

IN CHARLESTON HARBOR

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

A DIFFERENT STORY

SHOT DOWN AT CHICKAMAUGA

ALL TRUE

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