CIVIL WAR TIMES ILLUSTRATED
September/October 1994
Garry James, "Heritage of Hoax"
(How large does the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
loom in our collective historical consciousness? Large enough that an
unnamed buyer was willing to shell out $77,000 at auction to buy a
pistol that MIGHT have been carried by the assassin.)
Alfred Zachary, "Fighting with the 3rd Georgia"
(A veteran recalls the early years of his service to the
Confederacy, from small-town Georgia to the hills of Pennsylvania, in
the first half of his fascinating memoir.)
Martin Sipkoff, "Congress Questions Gettysburg Land Deal"
(Since digging began at Seminary Ridge almost four years ago,
preservationists have raised a stink. Their objections did not go
unnoticed; a Congressional hearing in May uncovered hidden information
and foreshadowed a change in the way the National Park Service does
business.)
Ben Fanton, "Battle on the Brickyard Wall"
(The valiant stand of a Union brigade on the first day of the
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was nearly forgotten -- until
artist/historian Mark Dunkelman brought it to the attention of
visitors by creating an 80-foot mural on the site of the action.)
Peter Cozzens, "To Save an Army"
(The Confeerate Army of Tennessee was defeated but not destroyed
in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee. Union troops set out to
finish the job and might have succeeded but for the skill of Confederate
Major General Patrick Cleburne, the determination of his division, and
the rocky ground surrounding Ringgold Gap, Georgia.)
Peggy Robbins, "The Glory Years"
(No matter what honors they would go on to achieve, many
soldiers felt the Civil War was the best time of their lives. U.S.
President Rutherford B. Hayes was one of them.)
Noah Andre Trudeau, "What Might Have Been"
(What if the South had won the Civil War? A number of authors
have considered the question, and some of their answers may surprise
you.)
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Richard Lowe
H-CIVWAR co-moderator
fd78@jove.acs.unt.edu