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Contents: One Marine’s Brief Battle (A young man from Vermont, the son of a family with influence in Washington, he could have done anything during the Civil War. But Robert Hitchock wanted to be a U.S. Marine officer. He got his way and became a footnote in American history), The Cost Of Capture (Can you understand what Union or Confederate prisoners-of-war went through during their incarceration? Visit the Andersonville stockade in Georgia and discover what it took to endure there), Boots And Saddles: Part One – The Eastern Theater (This is a history of the cavalry, the most colorful branch of the Northern and Southern armies. Many people familiar with pictures of cavalrymen in plumed hats, wielding Civil-War-era swords and revolvers, know little about what it took to arm, supply and train these soldiers. Here they’ll find some of that information), Historians Honor Heroic Horse (A Connecticut town names a street after an equine hero of the Confederacy. But which one and why?), Where Did Seminary Ridge Go? (An investigative reporter goes to work for CWTI and uncovers how and why the U.S. Park Service and Department of the Interior agreed to a land sway deal with Gettysburg College, one that cost Americans several acres of historic real estate on the Gettysburg battlefield. It’s a sad story of politics, ineptitude, a law suit and bulldozers), “All Goes On Like A Miracle” )Robert E. Lee was baffled. Ulysses S. Grant and an entire Union army had disappeared from the front and Lee had no idea where they were going. Studied by generations of professional soldiers, this is the story of Grant’s great strategic coup, secretly moving the Army of the Potomac across the James River and confounding his opponent) Departments – Letters To The Editor, Behind The Lines, Time Lapse, 130 Years Ago, In Print, Coming Events Issue: March- April 1992
Condition: Very Good