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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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A Fierce Glory: The Battle of Antietam

The story of the 7th Maine Regiment is typical of the many gripping narratives that illuminate the pivotal Battle of Antietam in this new book.

18 January 2020

Carl Gnam

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Weapons: Confederate Submarine H. L. Hunley

Despite being plagued by misfortune, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley became the first underwater vessel to sink an enemy warship.

13 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Grant’s Ordeal at the Battle of Shiloh

Ulysses S. Grant faced a formidable command challenge on the first day at Shiloh in April 1862 when caught off guard by Albert Sydney Johnston’s spirited Rebel attack.

10 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Soldiers: Edward O.C. Ord

Major General Edward O.C. Ord was one of Ulysses S. Grant’s most-trusted battlefield commanders during the Civil War.

3 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Longstreet’s Hammer Blow at Manassas

Major General James Longstreet meticulously prepared his flank attack against Maj. Gen. John Pope’s Union Army at Second Manassas in order to achieve maximum effect.

31 October 2019

Carl Gnam

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Daring Union Naval Raid

The U.S. Navy devised special explosives to destroy the CSS Albemarle, an ironclad guarding the approaches to Plymouth, North Carolina.

2 April 2019

Carl Gnam

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Union General John Pope: Cracking Island No. 10

John Pope used geography, intelligence, engineering, and sweat—with a big dose of courage from the Carondelet—to crack the nut of Island No. 10

31 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Johnston Goes After Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh

Hoping to reverse his crushing defeat at Fort Donelson, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston launched a surprise attack at Shiloh on an unwary Ulysses S. Grant.

26 March 2019

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Rebel Blunder at the Battle of Bristoe Station

In October 1863 Ambrose Powell Hill’s corps stirred up a hornet’s nest of Yankees along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in northern Virginia.

19 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Belle Boyd: Confederate Spy

27 February 2019

Carl Gnam

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J.E.B. Stuart and Kilpatrick butt heads at Buckland Mills

Two of the Civil War's most colorful cavalry officers butted heads at Buckland Mills, Virginia: J.E.B. Stuart and Judson 'Kill Cavalry' Kilpatrick.

12 February 2019

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Colonel Patrick Kelly at the Battle of Gettysburg

Colonel Patrick Kelly was a beloved Union commander who led the Irish Brigade into the Wheatfield at the Battle of Gettysburg.

12 February 2019

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The Antietam Death Toll

The ferocity of that single day of fighting and the haphazard means by which graves were arranged has made the Antietam death toll hard to truly measure.

11 February 2019

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American Civil War Timeline: Piecemeal Operations

This Civil War Timeline covers the events in late 1861, in which piecemeal military operations began to take shape, setting the stage for future conflicts between the North and the South.

11 February 2019

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