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Rebel Blunder at Fredericksburg

Brig. Gen. George Meade’s Pennsylvania Reserves drove deep into the Confederate line at Fredericksburg in December 1862. It fell to Stonewall Jackson to drive them out.

18 April 2022

Julian Gnam

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Winter Storm on Stones River

A major battle was in the offing when William Rosecrans marched south to engage General Braxton Bragg at Murfreesboro in December 1862. The Federals had to win if they were to break the stalemate in Middle Tennessee.

5 January 2022

Julian Gnam

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Uniform: The 8th Texas Cavalry

Terry’s Texas Rangers

10 November 2021

Julian Gnam

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The Men of the Iron Brigade Faced Death in a Cornfield at Antietam

The Midwesterners of the newly minted Iron Brigade spearheaded the Union I Corps’ attack at Antietam, weathering a fierce Confederate counterattack in D.R. Miller’s cornfield.

28 July 2021

Carl Gnam

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Cavalry Clash at Kelly’s Ford

Union cavalry crossed the middle Rappahannock River in March 1863 to punish Confederate cavalry that had been harassing the Army of the Potomac. A fierce action ensued.

9 July 2021

Carl Gnam

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Eugene A. Carr’s Heroic Stand

Eugene A. Carr’s audacious spoiling attack against Sterling Price’s Confederate Division at Pea Ridge earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor.

30 June 2021

Carl Gnam

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Edmund Kirby Smith: Rebel Lord of the Trans-Mississippi Theater

By necessity, General Edmund Kirby Smith ruled the isolated Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy as a semi-independent fiefdom.

27 January 2021

Carl Gnam

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Peach Orchard Bloodbath: Day 2 of the Battle of Gettysburg

The Confederate attack during the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg overran the Union III Corps and, in one place, reached the crest of Cemetery Ridge.

9 September 2020

Carl Gnam

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Rebel Gamble at Nashville

The fate of John Bell Hood’s counter-invasion of Tennessee in late 1864 rested on whether he could defeat George H. Thomas at Nashville.

12 June 2020

Carl Gnam

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Battle of Perryville: Death in the Kentucky Hills

The armies of Don Carlos Buell and Braxton Bragg collided at Perryville, Kentucky, in October 1862 in a confused battle in which the Confederates landed a heavy blow.

8 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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Rebel Misfire at Gettysburg

Confederate General Robert Rodes’ initial attack against the Union I Corps atop Oak Ridge on the first day of Gettysburg was soundly repulsed until he committed his reserve.

5 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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The Main Civil War Generals Who Helped Define the War

Noted writer and editor Roy Morris Jr. shares his personal list of the Civil War generals who defined the war and shaped its outcome for the North and the South.

26 April 2020

Carl Gnam

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Pickett’s Charge: “We Gained Nothing But Glory”

In the humid stillness of a July afternoon, 12,000 Confederate troops began marching slowly across open farmland toward the aptly named Cemetery Ridge. “This is a desperate thing to attempt,” said one Rebel general to another.

24 April 2020

Carl Gnam

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Sharp Clash at North Anna

Ulysses S. Grant’s drive on Richmond in May 1864 faced a difficult tactical challenge when Robert E. Lee’s army entrenched behind the North Anna River.

11 February 2020

Carl Gnam

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Long Odds At the Battle of Jonesborough

The Confederate counterattack at the Battle of Jonesborough in the late summer of 1864 was borne of desperation to prevent the Union Army from encircling Atlanta.

24 January 2020

Carl Gnam

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