Civil War Quarterly - Early Spring 2014 (Hard Cover)

Hold Allatoona!
Hood aims a dagger at Sherman’s supply line at the tiny Georgia railroad town of Allatoona Station.
By William B. Allmon

The Civil War in Black and White
Although the craft of photography was still in its infancy during the Civil War, battlefield photographers managed to make a lasting record of the conflict for future generations. By Michael E. Haskew

Ace in the Hole
Created by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, the Union Army of the Potomac’s artillery reserve used massed cannons to provide concentrated and sustained firepower.  
By Arnold Blumberg

Last Stand at Bentonville
With William Tecumseh Sherman’s notorious “bummers” closing fast after their March to the Sea, a ragtag Confederate army prepared to make its last stand in the bottomlands around Bentonville, North Carolina.
By David A. Norris

The Soldier’s Missionary
Walt Whitman went to Washington in 1863 searching for his wounded brother. He stayed for the duration of the war, visiting sick and wounded soldiers in various military hospitals.
By Roy Morris, Jr.

Upton’s Assault on the Mule Shoe
With a bloody stalemate looming in the Virginia woods, a young Union colonel suggested a risky new maneuver to break the Confederate line.  
By Joseph E. Lowry

From Manassas to Fort Fisher: The Marine Corps’ War
From an inauspicious start at the First Battle of Bull Run, the United States Marine Corps took part in several significant battles, on land and at sea, during the Civil War.  
By Melanie Savage

Whirling Through Winchester
Ulysses S. Grant sent feisty General Philip Sheridan to wrest control of the Shenandoah Valley from the Confederates. At Winchester, “Litle Phil” began in earnest, initiating a series of battles that would go far in determining the outcome of the war.  
By Pedro Garcia

Brice’s Cross Roads
While he moved into Georgia, Union General William Sherman wanted a covering force in Mississippi to attack fearsome Confederate raider Nathan Bedford Forest. At Brice’s Cross Roads he would get his wish.  
By John Walker

Soldiers
Once renowned as “the handsomest man in the Confederacy,” Smith Lee is now remembered mainly as Robert E. Lee’s brother.
By Stephen D. Lutz