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Contents: The Union’s Most Ready Rifle (The 1861 Springfield rifle-musket is the foundation of any good Civil War relic collection. Garry James tells us why); A Superior Southern Museum (No visit to picturesque Vicksburg is worthwhile without a stop at the Old Courthouse, a landmark that has drawn tourists for more than a century); The Mystery Sub Of Jackson Square (A Confederate submarine on display in downtown New Orleans is not the vessel generations of scholars believed it to be. So, what is it?); To The Potomac (A Southerner rushes home from Texas, joins Hampton’s Legion and marches on the Yankee capital. This is a Rebel sergeant’s story in his own words); A Battle Above The Clouds (In 1863, on the slopes of Lookout Mountain, men shoot blindly into a thick fog and hope for victory. Their struggle, the Battle of Lookout Mountain, is remembered as one of the most suspenseful of the Civil War); The Message Of Julia Ward Howe (She wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic and inspired generations); Why We Lost At Gettysburg (Exclusive! An excerpt from a Southern general’s secret memoir explains what really happened behind Rebel lines during Pickett’s Charge) Departments – Letters To The Editor; Behind The Lines; 125 Years Ago; Coming Events; In Print; Time Lapse
Issue: September – October 1989
Condition: Very Good