Description
Contents: “It Is Well That War Is So Terrible…” (135 years ago, a 130,000-man Union army crowded the banks of the Rappahannock River across from Fredericksburg, Virginia. The awesome, tragic attack that followed moved Confederate General Robert E. Lee to remark, “It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it.”); David And Goliath (A young Union Navy officer in a small open boat proves to be the undoing of a legendary and fearsome Confederate ironclad); Coins For A New Country (Confederate treasury officials who struggled to mint metal currency for their new republic would be shocked at what their coins are worth today); Shattered Like Earthen Vessels (Five east Tennessee men who were potters by day and pro-Union raiders by night pay the ultimate price for their loyalties); King Of The Hill (Late on the Battle of Gettysburg’s second day, one brigade saved the Union line, holding Culp’s Hill against multiple attacks by superior numbers. The man who made it possible was 62-year-old George Sears Greene) Departments – My War – At Fredericksburg, With Stonewall (An the night after the First Battle of Fredericksburg, one of Stonewall Jackson’s aides witnesses the general’s compassion and humanity); Travel – Taking The Heights (Fredericksburg, Virginia, is a singularly charming town but remainders of the 1862 battle that raged here are written indelibly on the landscape); Behind The Lines; Letters; Reviews; News; Calendar; Gallery
Issue: December 1997
Condition: Very Good