CW-Winter-17
Wilson’s Creek: Bull Run of the West
By Joshua van DereckAt the beginning of 1861, Missouri was in turmoil. A slave state since its inception in 1820, Missouri had grown increasingly tied to urban industry. Read more
CW-Winter-17
Bushrod Johnson: Yankee Quaker, Confederate General
By Roy Morris Jr.Of all the unlikely heroes of the Civil War, none was more unlikely than Bushrod Johnson, Ohio-born Quaker turned Confederate general. Read more
CW-Winter-17
Making “The Ors”: The 138,579-Page Official History of the Civil War
By Stephen D. LutzThe title of the 128-book, 138,579-page work was a suitably large mouthful: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Read more
CW-Winter-17
The Battle of Franklin: John Bell Hood’s Catastrophic Defeat in Tennessee
By John WalkerOn the morning of November 30, 1864, Fountain Branch Carter, a 67-year-old farmer, planter, and Confederate sympathizer, watched as his front yard in Franklin, Tennessee, filled up with Union soldiers pitching tents and starting campfires. Read more
CW-Winter-17
The Grand Review of 1865
By William StroockRobert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, presaging the subsequent surrender of other Confederate forces in the West and the capture of Southern President Jefferson Davis a few weeks later, marked the triumphant end of the nation’s great sundering. Read more
CW-Winter-17
Melee on St. Patrick’s Day: The Battle of Kelly’s Ford
By Arnold Blumberg“Fighting Joe” Hooker was fighting mad when he summoned his chief of cavalry, Brig. Gen. George Stoneman, to his headquarters at Falmouth, Virginia, on February 26, 1863. Read more
CW-Winter-17
Fort Fisher: Last Bastion of the Confederacy
By Pedro GarciaThe prospect of running the Federal blockade at Wilmington was easy in the beginning. North Carolina’s principal seaport was blockaded by a single warship, USS Daylight, and no one took the threat seriously. Read more
CW-Winter-17
Chasing Jefferson Davis
By Don HollwayWhen the end came, on April 2, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was sitting in his customary pew at St. Read more
