•February 8, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Both George Meade and Robert E. Lee had seen the success of flanking at Second Manassas and Chancellorsville, and both wanted victory without the carnage of a heads-on attack. More »
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General Custer’s daring diversionary raid penetrated 60 miles behind enemy lines, wrecked Williams Wickham’s camp, and seized 50 prisoners, 100 slaves, and 500 horses. More »
•January 31, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Emory Upton may have considered himself a failure, but he was only 24 years old when he led the attack against the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania in May 1864. More »
•January 27, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The Union Army of the Potomac’s artillery reserve used massed cannons to provide concentrated and sustained firepower. More »
•January 26, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The Battle of Gettysburg was of course a pivotal moment in the American Civil War, but the facts are sometimes more bizarre than the legends. More »
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Named by locals, Devil’s Den saw the Devil’s work during the Battle of Gettysburg as Blue and Gray fought desperately among the boulders. More »
•January 20, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Although the craft of photography was still in its infancy, battlefield photographers managed to make lasting record of the conflict. More »
•January 18, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Historians are always in argument over how General Kilpatrick’s raid on Richmond had failed, but how did it come about? Read more about it inside. More »
•January 4, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Confederate Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart, commander of the cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, vowed that he “had rather die than be whipped.” His vow would be answered at Yellow Tavern. More »
•January 1, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
After Union General Franz Sigel moved into the Shenandoah valley in 1864, Confederate forces fell back and then attacked. More »
