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.

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Civil War Times • DECEMBER 2020 / VOL. 59, NO. 6

MAC AT THE FRONT

CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL FINDS UNUSUAL HOME

PRESERVATION REGISTER

THE WAR ON THE NET • Exploring Civil War Era Elections HarpWeek.com & ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov

OFF TO WAR

SHADES OF GRAY • GENERAL GEORGE PICKETT’S WIDOW WROTE A FALSIFIED TRIBUTE TO HIS WARTIME SERVICE

PEDAL-POWERED WAR TOUR • A HEADLESS CORPSE, A SLAVE CEMETERY, AND A KAMIKAZE INSECT MAKE FOR A LIVELY CIVIL WAR-THEMED BIKE RIDE

GLORY FROM THE KEYSTONE STATE

NAMES ON THE MASTHEAD

CALICO AND CAKE • MOSBY’S RANGERS HAD A RAUCOUS 1864 INDEPENDENCE DAY AT POINT OF ROCKS, MD.

RELAX WHERE MOSBY RAIDED

‘THEY HAVE OUR RANGE…’ • A Pleasure Trip on the C&O Canal Turns Deadly

CURTIN CALLED • THE SOLDIERS OF GOVERNOR ANDREW CURTIN’S UNIQUE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES DIVISION WERE SOME OF THE BEST FIGHTERS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC

RESERVE COMMANDERS • All of these officers led the Pennsylvania Reserves Division at some point, and some served multiple terms at the helm of the hard-fighting regiments.

EVERY CORNER OF THE KEYSTONE

SWAN SONG • LOUISIANA UNITS PLAYED A KEY ROLE DURING THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN

‘I’M EXHAUSTED’ UNION SURGEON DANIEL G. BRINTON • WORE HIMSELF OUT TENDING GETTYSBURG WOUNDED

STATUARY RIVALS • LEONARD VOLK SCULPTED POLITICAL OPPONENTS STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN

TAPE DISPENSER • A DENTIST DEVELOPED A CLEVER, BUT FLAWED, SYSTEM FOR DISCHARGING FIREARMS

COLLECTED WISDOM

DIFFERENT MEANS TO AN END

ANTIETAM ON TWO WHEELS

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