Urban Combat in the Civil War
[Originally Posted on November 16, 2008 at my old site blog4history.com which I sold a couple years ago! I am preparing some research on the Topic “Urban Combat in the Civil War,” maybe find enough for a nice length feature article or who knows, maybe more! I do know that there has been an article published, “The United States Army and Urban Combat in the Nineteenth Century,” War in History,…
Read more...Civil War Letters Home Reveal Horrors of Battle, Opposing Views on Slavery
John Zimm, with a forward by Michael Edmonds, isthe editor/author of This Wicked Rebellion: Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers Write Home. Zimm is interview concerning the Civil War letters collected and preserved by Civil War era historian Edwin B. Quiner and his daughters. Click here for interview!
Read more...Mark Grimsley’s The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians 1861-1865 Panelists discussion
C-SPAN Panelists discussed Mark Grimsley’s book, The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865, which was the featured book of the 2012 Civil War Institute Summer Conference at Gettysburg College. He responded to questions from the audience. Coincidentily I am in the middle of our Civil War unit in my APUSH Class and we discussed Hard War today. To watch this excellent panel discussion click here.
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