Summer 2014

Features

Broken Soldiers
For the nearly half million Union and Confederate soldiers wounded during the Civil War, the path to recovery was as uncertain as it was lengthy. And for those fortunate enough to survive their ordeals, a new challenge awaited: adjusting to life with a broken body.

Ten Miles from Richmond
At the tiny crossroads town of Cold Harbor, Ulysses S. Grant hoped to crush Robert E. Lee’s army and hasten the war’s end. What happened instead would become one of his greatest regrets.
By Allen C. Guelzo

A Patch of Hell on Earth
William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864 campaign against Atlanta was one of speed and maneuver—with one exception: the June 27 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. On a rise later known as Cheatham Hill, the fighting was particularly fierce, earning that patch of land a haunting name: The Dead Angle.
By Patrick Brennan

Departments

Editorial: The Cost of War

Salvo: Facts, Figures & Items of Interest

Travels: A Visit to Atlanta
Voices: Sounds of War
Dossier: Ulysses S. Grant
Preservation: Campaign 150 Marches On
Primer: Corps Badges
Disunion: Albert Cashier’s Secret
In Focus: Lincoln’s Final Journey

Casualties of War: Larkin Milton Skaggs

Battlefield Echoes: Losing Focus at Cedar Creek

Books & Authors:

Letters Home: Correspondence from Men at War
              By Peter S. Carmichael

         Voices from the Army of the Potomac, Part 3
              By Gary W. Gallagher

Parting Shot: Smoke ’em if You Got ’em