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• An Interview with Allen Guelzo

  Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 6/14/2013 Author: David K. Thomson | 

  Our conversation with Allen Guelzo, the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College and recent author of "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion," published by Alfred A. Knopf. In this interview, Dr. Guelzo discusses the lure of the battle of Gettysburg as an historian, the "source problem" that goes along with researching such a battle, and the impact of Edwin Coddington's work on... Read More

• DAVIS: What the Yankees Did to Us (2012)

  Category: Book Reviews Posted: 6/12/2013 Author: Frank Towers | 

  General William Tecumseh Sherman was a very bad man. This is the main point of Stephen Davis' exhaustive history of the Union capture of Atlanta in 1864... Read More

• A New Battle for Brandy Station

  Category: Commentary Posted: 6/10/2013 Author: Eric J. Wittenberg | 

  On June 9, 1863 some of the Civil War's most famous personalities met in the largest cavalry battle on American soil with destruction on their minds. Today, the focus on Brandy Station has shifted to preservation. Read More

• An Interview with Ron Maxwell

  Category: Behind the Lines Posted: 6/7/2013 Author: David K. Thomson | 

  Our conversation with Ron Maxwell, director of the forthcoming film "Copperhead." In this interview, Ron discusses the motivation behind filming this work and its similarities and differences to his time spent directing "Gettysburg" and "Gods and Generals." Additionally, Ron offers his thoughts on the impact of Civil War era film and why it still engages to such a high degree with the general... Read More