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Contents: A Town Embattled (When war came to Winchester, Virginia, it came to stay. Gateway to the Irish Shenandoah Valley, the town changed hands by force too many times to count…and three pitched battles bore its name. The stain the war placed on the townsfolk prompted a prominent visitor to remark, “The men are all in the army and the women are the devil!:); New Orleans’ Finest (Flair, courage under fire, and faithful service won the Washington Artillery a special place in the hearts of their Confederate countrymen, and military honors in two theaters of the war); Grierson’s Raid (The mission was to cut a railroad and raise a little havoc – just enough to divert attention from Grant’s army in the spring of 1863. No one expected Grierson’s cavalry to slice a smoking trail through the entire state of Mississippi) Departments – My War – A Sharpshooter’s Seven Days (An aging Vermont veteran looks back on his days as Colonel Hiram Berdan’s 1st U.S. Sharpshooters and tells stories of combat and survival on the Virginia Peninsula. This is the first of two parts); Travel – The General At Home (At Arlington House, Robert E. Lee’s family home on the Virginia side of the Potomac, you can still find traces of the general’s lesser-known domestic side); Behind The Lines; Letters; Reviews; News; Calendar; Gallery
Issue: February 1996
Condition: Very Good