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.

The Accidental Battle Hymn • How abolitionist Julia Ward Howe wrote the Union’s favorite marching song—while she was half asleep.

Civil War Times • SPRING 2024 / VOL. 63, NO. 2

STRIKE A POSE

SOUP’S ON

WORDS AND MEANINGS • A CLOSER LOOK AT A POPULAR 1862 RALLY CRY FOR UNION TROOPS FINDS A NEW TWIST ON THE TUNE OF FREEDOM

TIME WARP • FINDING FRAGMENTED HISTORY ON THE GROUNDS OF A CONFEDERATE GENERAL’S TENNESSEE PLANTATION

CORE STUDY

UNEARTHED • BYPASSED BONDS OF WAR: GEOLOGY, TERRAIN, AND TACTICS

FOREVER SALVAGED • THOUGH THEIR IDENTITIES REMAIN A MYSTERY, THE “MONITOR BOYS” SHARE PLENTY OF SECRETS

WAITING GAME • SOMEHOW, THE UNION BRASS IGNORED JOE HOOKER’S STEADFAST SHOWING AT WILLIAMSBURG

‘MANY A CAMPFIRE BRIGHTENED’ • LIKE OTHER WOMEN IN HER PLACE, MARGARET MCMILLAN, A WAR WIDOW FROM WISCONSIN, HADA TALE THAT NEEDED TO BE SHARED

THE HORSESHOE MAN • INVENTOR HENRY BURDEN’S HANDIWORK DELIVERED AN IRREPLACEABLE BENEFIT TO THE UNION WAR EFFORT

TRUSTED MUSKET • BOTH AS A SMOOTHBORE AND RIFLED, THE M1816/22 WAS A GO-TO OPTION FOR FORCES ON BOTH SIDES

HOW A “MAN OF SUCH PROMISE” FAILED

RIDING OUT THE STORM

LOST INITIATIVE

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

TURNABOUT AT TUPELO

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

DEFYING ODDS

STARS AND STRIPES