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.

DEPARTURES

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WORKING IRON ON AN IRON BOAT

THE GRAND REVIEW • A striking example of tension between contemporary meanings and subsequent analysis of a historical event.

6 QUICK SHOOTERS

DOCUMENTARY MASTERPIECE • Filmmaker Ken Burns reflects on his epic series The Civil War on the eve of its 25th anniversary rerelease

BURNS’ BIG NAMES • These “talking heads” drove the series with their anecdotes, facts and charisma.

GEORGIA CIVIL WAR PRISONS • During the Civil War, 16 prisoner of war camps for both Union and Confederate soldiers were located in Georgia. Five of those prison camps can be visited today.

Embattled BANNER • THE CONVOLUTED HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG

‘MEANINGS ACROSS TIME’

SYMBOLS OF REBELLION

‘AN INHERITED SENSE OF LOSS’

‘Every step we made, some soldier fell’ • GEORGIAN J.A. CALDWELL VIVIDLY REMEMBERED THE SACRIFICE OF HIS REGIMENT AND ITS GREAT LOSS ON GETTYSBURG'S SECOND DAY

SOLDIERS IN SWALLOWTAIL COATS

MOVING PICTURES • PHOTOGRAPHERS DRAGGED A CORPSE ACROSS THE BATTLEFIELD IN ORDER TO CREATE ONE OF GETTYSBURG’S MOST FAMOUS IMAGES

BLUE AND GRAY HELP WIN WORLD WAR II • SCORES OF LIBERTY SHIPS NAMED FOR CIVIL WAR NOTABLES BOLSTERED THE ALLIED WAR EFFORT

MOUNTAINS, MUNITIONS AND CADETS • The Lower Hudson River Valley

Reviews

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