South Archive
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Rebel Sabres: Confederate Cavalry Leaders In the Gettysburg Campaign
Posted on March 27, 2013 | No CommentsWhat made the Southern horse branch superior to the Federal cavalry up to 1863 was rooted in a number of factors. First, upper class white Southerners firmly believed that one should be taught to ride and shoot from an early age, and that no self-respecting gentleman should walk when he could ride instead. Secondly, the horses that these men rode to war in the first years of the War of the Rebellion were the best in the country. -
THE GREAT REVIVAL OF 1863 THE EFFECTS UPON LEE’S ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Posted on March 26, 2013 | No CommentsOverall, the individual soldier, the clergy, and everyone else close to the revivals were profoundly effected. A close investigation into these meaningful religious events with a focus on 1863 will show the extent to which the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was impacted by religious zeal. -
Long, Hot Summer of ‘63
Posted on March 25, 2013 | No CommentsThe pre-industrial riot is usually a food riot and is generally a stimulus for a much greater problem, often set against the background of shortages. The industrial riot is labor related and concerns far reaching issues such as race and ethnicity, together with social injustice. Both of these conflicts strengthen group awareness. -
Scurvy—American Civil War
Posted on March 20, 2013 | No CommentsThis article examines the documentation collected after the Civil War by the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) from surgeons (physicians) and compares these findings with recommendations for army food rations and diet protocols made by the US Army during the Civil War. -
“The Rebels Are Bold, Defiant, and Unscrupulous in Their Dementions of All Men”: Social Violence in Daviess County, Kentucky, 1861-1868
Posted on March 20, 2013 | No CommentsSeveral scholars have examined the violence that whites Kentuckians wreaked on African Americans in the aftermath of the Civil War. -
“This Terrible Conflict of the American People”: The Civil War letters of Thaddeus Minshall
Posted on March 16, 2013 | No CommentsLike his legal opinions, Minshall's Civil War correspondence reflects his education and keen sense of observation. He recorded not only the tangible, but also the philosophical character of the conflict. Minshall covered a wide range of topics, including the contents of his mess kit, the landscapes he marched through, national and international politics, and the propriety of courtship. -
In Lasting Tribute: The U.S. Army and Gettysburg – Post 1863
Posted on March 11, 2013 | No CommentsBut the relationship between the U.S. Army and the Gettysburg battlefield is not a recent manifestation. In fact, it has been an intermittent affair since the initial days of July, 1863. During the next century and more, American soldiers in blue, khaki, cadet-grey, olive-drab, and camouflage uniforms descended upon these hallowed fields to study, train for other battles, and commemorate the deeds of those who went before them. -
For an hour and a half we had a grand Fourth of July performance…” Robert E. Lee and the Cannonade of July 3
Posted on March 11, 2013 | No CommentsIndeed, his flippant description is often used to encapsulate the artillery effort as an unquestioned failure. But was it? In the words of General Lee, the Confederate artillery on July 3 was expected to perform a number of important, highly coordinated functions. -
Vermont Yankees in King Cotton’s Court: The Case of Cyrena and Amherst Stone
Posted on March 10, 2013 | No CommentsThe Stones' experiences . . . illustrate the complicated character of national loyalty under wartime conditions oj physical and psychological peril. -
“Sharpshooters Made a Grand Record This Day”:Combat on the Skirmish Line at Gettysburg on July 3
Posted on March 7, 2013 | No CommentsIn the pantheon of Civil War literature, few soldiers are as poorly understood as sharpshooters and skirmishers. Recent studies of Civil War tactics focus their attention on the importance of rifled muskets and the persistence of linear combat. Generally, debate among scholars of Civil War tactics has deadlocked around whether or not a “rifle revolution” occurred.
