Civil War Times

Biographies, battles, eyewitness accounts & period photos of America’s greatest internal conflict. Civil War Times delivers the thrilling, extraordinary history of America’s most deadly internal struggle, from biographies to battle stories, eyewitness accounts to period photographs, plus travel guides, perceptive book reviews and more.

Terrified in a Place of Refuge • African American refugees sheltering at Harpers Ferry faced an uncertain future when the town fell to Stonewall’s Confederates in September 1862.

Civil War Times • WINTER 2023 / VOL. 62, NO. 1

RETURN FIRE

REEL FARM REBEL YELLS

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

WAR FRAME

ESCAPE FROM PORTSMOUTH

MONUMENT TURNAROUND

“DEAR WIFE”

PRESERVATION REGISTER

WORTH A MOVE • REAL ESTATE WITH CIVIL WAR CONNECTIONS

CLOSE UP!

SOUL KITCHEN

LET’S APPRECIATE THE OLD GENERAL • “OLD FUSS AND FEATHERS” WAS WISE, PRESCIENT, AND AN AMERICAN HERO

REMEMBER NEW MARKET HEIGHTS • U.S. COLORED TROOPS EARNED GLORY IN DESPERATE FIGHTING NEAR RICHMOND

SHATTERED SHARPSBURG

TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL!

BACKYARD LESSON • A SOBERING TARGET PRACTICE

WAR COMES TO THE WEST • THE BATTLE OF SHILOH AND THE SIEGE OF CORINTH BROUGHT WAR’S HARSH REALITY TO THE WESTERN CONFEDERACY

UNION VETERANS IN THE VALLEY • ACTIVE, ENTERPRISING GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC POSTS TOOK ROOT IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY

A VALLEY VET RESORT?

HOMEFRONT TURMOIL • A TOXIC MIX OF ANTI WAR AND ANTI ABOLITION SENTIMENT LED TO THE NORTH’S FIRST RIOTS

THE CONTROVERSIAL DRAFT • Resentment to the U.S. draft flared into numerous violent episodes

‘Had I Been a Man…’ • THE U.S. ARMY’S FIRST FEMALE ARMY CHAPLAIN HAD TO FIGHT TO SECURE HER PLACE IN HISTORY

HOME OF THE BADGERS • A Civil War drill field becomes a football field

BUTTERMILK FALLS BLASTER • THE SMITH CARBINE USED A SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE LOADING MECHANISM

LONGSTREET THE MODERN WARRIOR?

What Are You Reading?

LOOKING WESTWARD

WAR DEBT

IRON INNOVATIVE

GETTYSBURG AT THE GROUND LEVEL

EDITOR’S LIBRARY • Beloved Reference Books

COLORFUL TARGET