Volume 4, No. 1
COVER: A soldier from Company H of a Vermont Regiment had his photograph taken, perhaps as a keepsake for his family. See story page 22 for more on photography during the Civil War. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly
By Eric Niderost
July 3, 1863, dawned clear and bright, the warm sun promising even greater heat to come. By noon, temperatures were already in the low 90s, a typically hot and humid summer day in southern Pennsylvania. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly
On February 19, 1945, nine British and Canadian divisions stood on the brink of victory after fighting their way through rain, mud, cold, and determined Germans to break through the Reichswald Forest between the Rhine and Maas Rivers—opening the way for the British assault into Germany’s heartland. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly
In the late summer of 490 BCE, a large Persian army landed at the plain of Marathon just 26 miles from Athens. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly
A detachment of 230 rangers and riflemen scrambled up a rocky escarpment on New York’s Manhattan Island on the morning of September 16, 1776. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly
News that the Germans had been halted at the Marne River, a scant 30 miles from Paris, filled France and Britain with a sense of joy and relief. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly
Maurice Hermann, Count of Saxony and Marshal of France, swept the horizon with his telescope, his gaze occasionally pausing on the villages of Vlijtingen and Lauffeld in the distance. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly
The capture of Guantànamo Bay, Cuba, by U.S. Marines in 1898 was a brief but violent phase of the Spanish-American War. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly, Editorial
Anyone interested in reading military history sooner or later comes around to Cornelius Ryan, known to his friends as Connie. He wrote stunning books on World War II: The Last Battle, about the struggle for Berlin; A Bridge Too Far, about the ill-fated race to cross the Rhine bridge at Arnhem in 1944; and, of course, the book with which his fame will always be linked, The Longest Day. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly, Valor
For about half an hour artillery and rockets fired from UH-1B helicopters from the Aerial Rocket Artillery battalion had pounded an area in Vietnam’s Central Highlands between Chu Pong, the 1,000-foot massif straddling the border with Cambodia, and the Ia Drang River. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly, Weapons
The Texas sun beat down in early June, 1844, as 75 Comanche lay hidden in the thick underbrush along the bank of a small creek. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly, Soldiers
The German capture of Fort Douaumont overlooking Verdun was a major blow to French morale in February of 1916. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly, Uniform
Roman cavalry before 400 BCE was recruited from the aristocracy in limited numbers. As the cavalry expanded, recruits came from beyond the aristocracy. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly, Books
The Farthest Valley: Escaping the Chinese Trap at the Chosin Reservoir (Joseph Wheelan, Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK, 2024, 384pp., Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly, Games
Developer Highwire Games and publisher Victura have prided the shooter Six Days in Fallujah as the world’s first “documentary game” since it first hit Early Access back in June 2023. Read more
Early Spring 2014
Civil War Quarterly, Games
Conflict of Nations: World War III is a grand long term strategy game that pits your military skills against up to 140 other players in expansive online multiplayer matches. Read more
