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.

Civil War Times • AUTUMN 2022 / VOL. 61, NO. 4

VETS IN BUFFALO

EXCITING CHANGES!

HEROES SHINE AGAIN

TO HONOR “OLD PAP”

BLUE VIEWS • TWO NORTHERN WOMEN LEFT INSIGHTFUL MEMOIRS OF THEIR WARTIME EXPERIENCES

NURTURING A BATTLEFIELD • THE SITE OF ONE OF LEE’S FINAL ENGAGEMENTS IS IN GOOD HANDS

MORE SMARTS THAN “SPOONS”

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ON LOCATION • READING ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR AND BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION ARE INSEPARABLE

PARTY ALONG THE RAPPAHANNOCK • THE MIDWESTERN “BLACK HAT” BRIGADE HAD A ROUSING FOURTH OF JULY NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, VA., IN 1862

“WE ARE ASSEMBLED ON SACRED SOIL” • You can visit the location of the “Black Hat” camps in spring 1862

TROUBLED WATERS • CONFUSION OVER ANTIETAM CREEK CROSSINGS PREVENTED THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC FROM ACHIEVING OUTRIGHT VICTORY ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1862

WHO IS IN CHARGE ?

‘I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF WAR’ • THREE WARTIME LETTERS DETAIL A LOSS AT SHILOH, A CIVILIAN’S TERROR, AND A USCT OFFICER’S ORDEAL

DEATH BY DEW POINT • EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS AFFECTED BATTLE STRATEGY AND KILLED SOLDIERS

TRYING TO BEAT THE HEAT

STOCKING UP • LATHES THAT COULD COPY GUNSTOCKS ALLOWED MASS PRODUCTION OF CIVIL WAR FIREARMS

GETTYSBURG ON PARADE

SPURRING TOWARD FREEDOM

DIXIE BLUES

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

ANTIETAM

THE PRESIDENT’S FRENEMY

ORIGIN STORY

ALSO ON THE SHELF

HOW DID THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON REFER TO HIS SOLDIERS AFTER THE BATTLE OF VITORIA? • Pigeon-livered half-wits, a dirty pack of dogs, a sickening disgrace, or the scum of the earth?

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