In the fading sunset, the Yankee soldiers waited for the order to charge across the beach and attack the Confederate stronghold on the shores of South Carolina. Already, one attempt to seize Fort Wagner on July 11, 1863 left 339 dead and wounded men scattered about the beach in front of the fort.
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“If they are not punished in this world, God will surely punish them in the world to come.” – Catharine Rowland, Ivanhoe Plantation
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Readers of last month’s column marched with the Army of the Tennessee from Atlanta to the Oconee River, about halfway on its journey to Savann…
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Fort Donelson, located on the Cumberland River at Dover, Tenn., was the site of a battle remembered on its 160th anniversary by a series of to…
“The trees and bushes were all cut to peses [pieces] with balls and grap[e] shot.” – Letter home from Pvt. Thornton Sexton, Co. A, 37th NC Inf…
In Gone With the Wind, when fretful Atlantans learned that newspapers in the city were printing names of soldiers killed and wounded at Gettys…
Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute (MCWI) prides itself on creating opportunities for students in Civil War Era Studies to …
American Battlefield Trust’s nationwide volunteer day will tackle improvement projects at historic sites from Nevada to Massachusetts on April 9
It’s not often that one catches Douglas Southall Freeman in an error, even a slight one. In The South to Posterity (1939), Dr. Freeman refers …
Our nation’s seventeenth president, Andrew Johnson, rose to the chief executive position upon the assignation of President Abraham Lincoln. Th…
Poignant image of a young girl is wearing a plaid dress, gilt jewelry, and silk ribbons. She holds a photograph of possibly her father in unif…
Perhaps the coolest thing about the Cool Spring Battlefield is its location.
Alonso Corydon Stevens (1837–1917) of Muscatine, Iowa, spent three years in the 10th Iowa Infantry.1 An ardent believer in the indissolubility…
Sherman embarked upon his March to the Sea on November 15, 1864, taking with him on his southeastward journey two corps from the Army of the C…
Collection Includes 55 Books, 150 Lectures, Newspaper Articles, Photos and Recordings of Television and Radio InterviewsThe New York State Lib…
This historic film is a bonus feature on the Struggle for Vicksburg DVD and is available on location and from www.finleyholiday.com. This hist…
