Civil War Quarterly - Early Summer 2013 (Hard Cover)

A Hard Lesson in War
Hoping to ruin the infrastructure of Mississippi, Union General William T. Sherman targeted the town of Meridian for particular destruction.
By Arnold Blumberg

Second Sumter: The Struggle for Pensacola
Pensacola, Florida, with its sheltered harbor and busy naval yard, was a prize target for Southern seccessionists. All that stood in the way was one young Union lieutenant and a handful of soldiers at Fort Pickens.  
By Eric Niderost

Battle for the Bluegrass
In the summer of 1862, Confederate forces mounted an ambitious invasion of Kentucky aimed at freeing the Bluegrass State of Union “occupiers.” At Richmond, the Southern advance would reach its high-water mark.  
By Pedro Garcia

No Picnic at Culp’s Hill
The popular picnic ground at Culp’s Hill would find itself the focus of much grimmer activities during the Battle of Gettysburg. The giant oak trees and huge boulders dotting the hill would be used for far less peaceful purposes.
By Roy Morris Jr.

Keep to Your Sabers, Men
While Robert E. Lee’s Confederate infantry prepared a last desperate charge on the Union lines at Gettysburg, cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart planned his own eleventh-hour gambit—a daring attack on the enemy rear.  
By Cowan Brew

A Tale of Two Generals
Retired U.S. Army General Edward J. Stackpole trained his experienced eyes on Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s performance at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He found much to admire in the Rebel commander.  
By Jon Diamond

Bloody Repulse at Bald Hill
When John Bell Hood took over command of the Confederate forces around Atlanta, it was only a matter of time before he attacked. That was just what William Tecumseh Sherman wanted him to do.  
By William E. Welsh

In Wretched Captivity: Civil War Prisons
All the horrors of prison life were experienced by hundreds of thousands of captives, Union and Confederate, during the Civil War. It was difficult to believe that Americans could do such things to one another.  
By Michael E. Haskew

Last of the Grey Phantoms
With the Confederacy crumbling, swift and daring blockade-runners such as Banshee II and Owl made desperate runs across high seas into the last remaining Southern ports.  
By R. Thomas Campbell

Soldiers
The fate of one unheralded New York soldier touched the conscience of thousands of affected Northerners.
By Kevin Hymel

Espionage
Without the shadowy help of Rose O’Neal Greenhow, the Confederacy would have been hard-pressed to win the First battle of Bull Run.
By David Alan Johnson