Civil War Times

Biographies, battles, eyewitness accounts & period photos of America’s greatest internal conflict. Civil War Times delivers the thrilling, extraordinary history of America’s most deadly internal struggle, from biographies to battle stories, eyewitness accounts to period photographs, plus travel guides, perceptive book reviews and more.

A SIMILAR STORY HUNTED DOWN AFTER GETTYSBURG • AN ILLITERATE NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIER PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR DESERTING THE CONFEDERATE STATE

ANTIETAM’S FUTURE

HUGE GETTYSBURG PANORAMA DONATED

NEW PHOTO RESEARCH TOOL

BULL RUN CASUALTIES BURIED

THE WAR ON THE NET

PRESERVATION VICTORY—FOR NOW

TIME CAPSULE OPENED

QUIZ

WRECKAGE

DEATH OF A “FRAT BOY” • CONFEDERATE GENERAL EARL VAN DORN WOULD HARDLY RECOGNIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTRAL TO THE STORY OF THE END OF HIS LIFE

FLUID LANDSCAPES • CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT ON CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS

NORTH AND SOUTH BEHIND BARS

ACCIDENTAL CAREGIVERS • SMALL VILLAGES WERE PRESSED INTO SERVICE AS HOSPITAL CENTERS

RESPECT EARNED THROUGH BLOOD • ON JUNE 15, 1864, AT PETERSBURG, VA., AFRICAN AMERICAN TROOPS CAPTURED CONFEDERATE FORTS AND DEFEATED STEREOTYPES

BUILT BY SLAVES

STANTON’S HITMAN • JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL JOSEPH HOLT HAD THE POWER TO BRING DOWN GENERALS

GONE FISHING • TROOPS ON BOTH SIDES USED IMPROVISED TACKLE TO CATCH FISH AND SUPPLEMENT THEIR ARMY RATIONS

FISHING IN WARTIME

FLY REELS AND RAPID FIRE

THE LAST PATIENTS • A REMARKABLE 1865 PHOTOGRAPH CAPTURES THE STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF A NEW YORK CITY HOSPITAL

I THOUGHT I HAD RECEIVED MY DEATH STROKE • A MISSOURI CONFEDERATE DEFIES INCREDIBLE INJURY AT CORINTH AND CHAMPION HILL

FRIENDLY FIRE

THE LAST LIFELINE

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