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Contents: The Man Behind the Mine (Henry Pleasants had known much disappointment in his short life. Tragedy was his shadow. It was only fitting, then, that his most famous creation was a spectacular disaster.), When Opposites Meet (The knockdown, drag-out brawl we call the Battle of Pea Ridge saw Indians, frontier militia and raw volunteers slug it out amid the pines of the Ozarks. For the commanders, it was more a game of bluff poker.), The Hope of the Confederacy (Critics have long accused Confederate President Jefferson Davis of meddling in military affairs and undermining Confederate strategy. But what was that strategy and who developed it? One of today’s leading analysis of command in the Civil War talks about Davis and his partnership with Robert E. Lee.) Departments – The Printed War: Essays & Reviews (Rampant absenteeism gave Armies just deserts.), Dispatches from Our Correspondents with the Armies (The Army of Northern Virginia), (The District of Western Louisiana), The Valley District), (General Dix’s Department of Virginia) Portraits in Conflict (Blue-blooded George Wythe Randolph – Sailor, Soldier, Secretary – may have been the Confederacy’s best bureaucrat.), Weapons (Whitworth Rifle – Sniping tool of the Confederacy.)
Issue: June 1996 The Magazine of the Civil War Society
Condition: Very Good