Civil War Diary of A.L. Peel, Adjutant, 19th. Mississippi Regiment: April...
alpeel.jpgBy A. L. Peel Editor's note: Albert Peel was raised in Mississippi. At 17, he left the Kentucky Military Institute to come home and enlist in the 19th Mississippi Regiment. He was killed May...
View ArticleThe Union Sixth Army Corps in the Chancellorsville Campaign: A Study of the...
By Philip W. Parsons This military history focuses on the battlefield engagements of the Union's Sixth Army Corps on May 3 and 4, 1863. Compiled from contemporary accounts and a variety of postwar...
View ArticleGuide to the Battles of Chancellorsville & Fredericksburg
By Jay Luvaas and Harold W. Nelson, editorsEyewitness accounts by battle participants make these guides an invaluable resource for travelers and nontravelers who want a greater understanding of five of...
View ArticleThe Battle of Chancellorsville
By Zachary KentThis local battle was a turning point in the Civil War.Reserve this title
View ArticleWelcome the Hour of Conflict: William Cowan McClellan and the 9th Alabama
By edited by John C. CarterSome collections of Civil War letters are either too brief or have too many writers to get a significant sense of life on the march. These letters represent the full four...
View ArticleThe Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy, Chapter 1, by Robert K. Krick
The first eighteen pages of The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy, by Robert K.read more
View ArticlePrivate Fleming at Chancellorsville: The Red Badge of Courage and the Civil War
By Perry LentzHistorian Perry Lentz reveals the link between the classic novel, The Red Badge of Courage, and the reality of the Battle of Chancellorsville. To illustrate, he takes the well-documented...
View ArticleFredericksburg and Chancellorsville: The Dare Mark Campaign
By Daniel E. SutherlandEven the most massive battle is only part of a larger campaign. From the winter of 1862 through 1863, the Confederacy experienced major victories at Fredericksburg and...
View ArticleKind Acts and Courage at Chancellorsville
chancellors_house_loc.jpgNow that the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville is upon us, it seems a fitting time to look at how the lives of a family of mainly young women were affected by...
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