Civil War Times, America’s Civil War, Blue & Gray

  

Here are some highlights of the current issues of Civil War Times, America’s Civil War, and Blue & Gray magazines.

Blue & Gray, Vol. XXVI, #5

• The General’s Tour is The Luray Valley Campaign of 1862, authored by friend Gary Ecelbarger.  Good stuff.
• Wiley Sword delves into the machinations behind the writing of Hardee’s Tactics in the 1850’s.
• J. Michael Martinez relates personal stories of Union prisoners in the Florence Stockade.

Civil War Times, April 2010

• Peter Cozzens on an 1879 interview with James Longstreet
• William Marvel interprets the Gettysburg Address
• Kevin Levin reviews Confederate executions.
• Alan Gauthreaux writes on the fighting for Baton Rouge.
• Michael Panhorst on the Battle Monuments at Manassas (I wrote about them here).

America’s Civil War, May 2010

• Jeffrey Maciejewski on the Crater
• Ron Soodalter on Confederate terrorists/partisans
• Robert Mitchell on the Underground Railroad
• Edward Longacre on Joe Wheeler
• Patricia Curtis on Civil War Brooklyn
• Note: This issue marks the last installment of Smeltzer’s Six-Pack.  It was fun while it lasted. (I will still be doing short previews of new releases for ACW).