News "Document of the Month" - August 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News Respected General turns traitor, 1780 Benedict Arnold, whose name is now synonymous with the word "traitor," was once a well-respected American officer responsible for key victories at Fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Fort Stanwix, and Saratoga. Arnold’s contemporaries were...
News Scholar’s Blog - Brooks D. Simpson SEPTEMBER 19–20: THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA: MISSED OPPORTUNITY In June 1863 the Union Army of the Cumberland under William S. Rosecrans commenced a skillful campaign of maneuver. In just over twelve weeks it drove the Confederate Army...
News "Document of the Month" - September 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News "Document of the Month" - October 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News Fredericksburg, Then and Now by Elena Colón-Marrero, Christopher Newport University Class of 2014 One would think that growing up in a town rich in colonial and Civil War history would inspire an appreciation for that history. My experience living in...
News Scholar’s Blog - Aaron Sheehan-Dean OCTOBER 10 AND NOVEMBER 5, 1863: DAVIS TRIES TO RALLY CONFEDERATE MORALE The summer of 1863 had been a poor one for the Confederacy. Robert E. Lee’s army was not just repulsed from its invasion of Pennsylvania but bloodily beaten at...
News "Document of the Month" - November 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News Scholar’s Blog - Brooks D. Simpson NOVEMBER 23–25, 1863: THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA On the afternoon of November 25, 1863, Ulysses S. Grant stood on Orchard Knob east of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and pondered what to do next. It was just over a month since he had arrived...
News "Document of the Month" - December 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!