General James Longstreet: The Confederacy’s Most Controversial Soldier (Jeffry D. Wert - CA) cannon and often heart-wrenching portraits of

and often heart-wrenching portraits of Black soldiers' and civilians' experiences in wartime

But the shock of Lincoln’s assassination led Northern authorities to see threats of new rebellion in every rail depot and harbor where Confederates gathered for transport

No one has devoted more time and effort to understanding what happened at Antietam than did Ezra Carman–the campaign’s first true historian

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seeking safety as the world around them changed forever

General James Longstreet: The Confederacy’s Most Controversial Soldier (Jeffry D. Wert - CA) cannon and often heart-wrenching portraits ofGeneral James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier by Jeffry Wert General James Longstreet fought in nearly every campaign of the Civil War, from Manassas (the first battle of Bull Run) to Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox. Yet, he was largely held to blame for the Confederacy's defeat at Gettysburg. General James Longstreet sheds new light on the controversial