The Front LinePreparing to See the ElephantBY: Laura June DavisPosted: 2/2/12 Preparing the Negro Soldiers to Use the Minie Rifle Image Credit: Harper’s Weekly, March 14, 1863.
The Front LineTeaching Slavery as the Cause of the Civil War“What caused the Civil War?” Historians have killed forests trying to answer this deceptively simple question. In a recent essay in The Journal of the Civil War Era, Frank Towers…
The Front LineA Soldier’s Forty WinksAs a chemist by training and profession (for 25-plus years), I consult journals and other literature on almost a daily basis. As a scientist in the pharmaceutical industry, one of…
The Front LineJackson the MagicianVirginia Military Institute Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, as he appeared in November 1862. “Oh, for the presence and inspiration of Old Jack for just one hour!” That was the cry…
The Front LineAn Excerpt from Chancellorsville’s Forgotten FrontIt’s easy to miss what remains of the Salem Church battlefield, and if not for the stone statues that stand sentinel next to the roadway, you might not know there’s…