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Thornsberry Bailey Brown
Grave of Thornsberry Bailey Brown in the Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, WV. Brown, a member of the “Grafton Guards,” was the first Union soldier to be killed by a Confederate soldier when he was shot […]
Articles by Civil War Profiles
Barton, Clara
Clara Barton’s Civil War
Clara Barton’s Civil War: Between Bullet and Hospital Donald C. Pfanz Hardcover; 228 pages Westholme Publishing (2018) In Clara Barton’s Civil War, author Donald Pfanz provides a thought-provokingly fair and accurate accounting of her nursing […]
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The War Outside My Window
The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 Janet Elizabeth Croon, editor. Hardcover; 480 pages Savas Beatie (2018) The War Outside My Window is the edited diary of a […]
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Lincoln’s Lieutenants
Lincoln’s Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac Stephen Sears Hardcover; 896 pages Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2017) Lincoln’s Lieutenants by Stephen Sears is a comprehensive leadership history of the Army of the Potomac […]
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Louisiana State Monument
The wounded artilleryman of the Louisiana State Monument at Gettysburg looks east from Seminary Ridge.
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American Ulysses
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ronald C. White Hardcover; 826 pages Random House (2016) American Ulysses is a new and engaging biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White. Despite […]
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Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel
Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel: An Unlikely Hero of the Civil War Sharon B. Smith Hardcover; 288 pages Lyons Press (2016) In Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel, author Sharon B. Smith examines one of the most […]
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The Immortal Irishman
The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero Timothy Egan Hardback; 384 pages Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2016) In the Immortal Irishman, author Timothy Egan writes a popular biography of Thomas Francis Meagher, […]
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Monument to Confederate Dead
Monument to the Confederate Dead in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Designed by Charles H. Dimmock and completed in 1869, the ninety-foot tall pyramid is constructed of granite blocks quarried from the James River.
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The Devil’s to Pay: Buford at Gettysburg
“The Devil’s to Pay”: John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour Eric J. Wittenberg Hardcover; 288 pages Savas Beatie (2014) Author Eric J. Wittenberg begins his book, “The Devil’s to Pay”: John Buford […]