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

RIGHTING THE RECORD

CONVERSATION PIECE Pewter Legacy

‘Life finds a way’

The Blame Game • Match the general to the battle that he is usually blamed for losing.

The Fighting Adams Family

Common Enemy • VACCINATION EFFORTS BECAME STANDARD FOR BOTH ARMIES DESPERATE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DEADLY SMALLPOX

Sleight of Hand • THE STEALTH UNION CAPTURE OF BROWN’S FERRY CHANGED THE WAR IN THE WEST

Making Strides • A VIOLENT LITTLE 1862 CAVALRY CLASH AT BOONSBORO, MD., SENT CONFEDERATES A MESSAGE THAT UNION TROOPERS COULD FIGHT

SAVAGE SHOWDOWN • Partisan Rangers, Cole’s Cavalry spent early 1864 in a bitter struggle for the upper hand in “Mosby’s Confederacy”

BRANDED • Until his death, Union General Robert H. Milroy never stopped trying to redeem his reputation, badly scarred in defeat at Second Winchester

‘Heroes of the Highest Magnitude’

REBEL IN-FIGHTING • Lincoln, Sherman hoped to leverage government unrest in Richmond and Georgia to secure an early peace deal after Atlanta fell

When Abe Met ‘Aleck’ at Hampton Roads

‘HORRORS EXCEEDING IMAGINATION’ • An Illinois surgeon wasn’t prepared for what unfolded before him at Stones River

SMILE! • The evolution of dentistry during the Civil War

GOOD MOLAR MAINTENANCE

Kinston, N.C. Ironclads and Iron Skillets • CIVIL WAR HISTORY AND LOCAL FARE TAKE CENTER STAGE IN CAROLINA TOWN’S RENAISSANCE

History in Focus

‘Valiant Val’ Reexamined

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL Ambrose E. Hooker