Early Spring 2015
Civil War Quarterly
Stalemate at Seven Pines
By David NorrisOn the last day of May 1862, heavy gunfire rumbled and thundered in the distance beyond the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. Read more
Civil War Quarterly
Early Spring 2015
Volume 5, No. 1
COVER: General Ulyses S. Grant at his Cold Harbor, Virginia, headquarters, June 1864. See story page 60. Photograph: Library of Congress
Early Spring 2015
Civil War Quarterly
Mark Twain Joins the Marion Rangers
By Roy Morris, Jr.Twenty-five-year-old Mississippi River pilot Samuel Clemens (not yet known by his famous pen name, Mark Twain) was in his home port of New Orleans in late January 1861 when word reached the city that Louisiana had seceded from the Union. Read more
Early Spring 2015
Civil War Quarterly
The Last Long Ride: Wilson’s Selma Raid
By Arnold BlumbergAs reveille sounded through the Union encampments on the south bank of the Tennessee River between Eastport, Mississippi, and Chickasaw, Alabama, on March 22, 1865, sleepy Federal troopers roused themselves, built fires, and cooked breakfast. Read more
Early Spring 2015
Civil War Quarterly
Siege of Port Hudson: Last Bastion on the Mississippi
By Pedro GarciaNot long after Union Flag Officer David Farragut of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron received the surrender of New Orleans on April 29, 1862, he began pondering his next move. Read more
Early Spring 2015
Civil War Quarterly
James Andrews vs. William Fuller in the Great Locomotive Chase
By Don HollwayBy early April 1862, the Civil War was already closing in on the South, but the trains still ran on time. Read more
Early Spring 2015
Civil War Quarterly
The Murder of Bull Nelson
By Stuart W. SandersFew Civil War officers, in either army, were as polarizing as Union Maj. Gen. William “Bull” Nelson. Read more
Early Spring 2015
Civil War Quarterly
A Confederate Intelligence Coup Won the Siege of Charleston Harbor
By Stephen C. RuderThe Union bid to capture Charleston, South Carolina, in April 1863 was set in motion seven months earlier, in the autumn of 1862. Read more
Early Spring 2015
Civil War Quarterly
End Game at Appomattox
By Mike PhiferLieutenant Colonel Horace Porter, personal aide to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, maneuvered his mount past ammunition wagons, ambulances, stragglers, and prisoners jamming the muddy roads leading back to headquarters from Five Forks, Virginia, on the evening of April 1, 1865. Read more
Early Spring 2015
Civil War Quarterly
Swan Song for the CSS Shenandoah
By Mark SimmonsThe River Mersey was fog shrouded on the morning of November 6, 1865, and the city of Liverpool was scarcely visible from the deck of the CSS Shenandoah. Read more
