A letter from the president of the General Meade Society regarding the analysis of Gen. George Meade by Ralph Peters in the Sept. 2011 issue of Armchair General magazine. Also, photos of reenactor Narciso Martinez of Durango, Mexico, as Pancho Villa.
Read MoreArmchair General writer Jeffrey Paulding tags along on a Civil War Gettysburg Campaign staff ride conducted as part of Norwich University's outstanding Master of Arts in Military History program.
Read MoreAfter the War: The Lives and Images of Major Civil War Figures After the Shooting Stopped, by David Hardin, tells the post-war stories of 11 figures from the Civil War, ranging from U.S. Grant to Mary Chestnut.
Read MoreThough far from the Civil War's fields of conflict, Minnesota provided many troops that fought in some of the bloodiest of those battles. A reenactment at Wasioja, Minnesota, to honor those soldiers drew an estimated 10,000 visitors.
Read More'Guns of the Civil War' is a heavy volume filled to the brim with clear, full-color, glossy close-ups of 150-year-old rifles and handguns, including many rare and one-of-a-kind weapons.
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