Did Hood’s 1864 Tennessee Campaign ever have a chance?
The Civil War Gazette continues to engage prominent historian and author Steven E. Woodworth on questions and issues related to Hood’s Tennessee Campaign (fall 1864).
We recently asked Dr. Woodworth this question: Did Hood’s Tennessee Campaign ever have a chance?
With Lincoln’s reelection, the North had demonstrated that it had the will to continue the war, if [...]
Why am I so passionate about the American Civil War?
I have been a serious enthusiast-student of the American Civil War (1861-1865) for twenty-five years now. Ironically, in all of my educational pursuits I’ve only had one undergraduate class on the subject but did not have one single class in over 100 graduate hours.
So where does this passion and interest come from? Since I’m basically [...]
Book Review: Gale Library Of Daily Life: American Civil War
The Gale Library of Daily Life: American Civil War gets five cannister balls!
A new two-volume, 600 page set, titled – Gale Library of Daily Life: American Civil War – has just been published and it is a vital addition for the serious student of the American Civil War. The Gale Group sought submission from scholars [...]
Book review: Decision in the Heartland: The Civil War in the West (Reflections on the Civil War Era)
Professor Woodworth delivers another top-notch book, this time on the Western Theater. He gets five cannisters for Decision in the Heartland: The Civil War in the West (Reflections on the Civil War Era).
Dr. Steven E. Woodworth is one of the best Civil War historians and authors today. His writing is clean, concise, spot on, well-researched, [...]
Did blacks fight in combat for the Confederacy?
One of the more interesting questions related to blacks serving in the American Civil War is this, did blacks (free or slave) serve in combat roles in the Confederate Army? Unquestionably the historical evidence is strong that some blacks – perhaps several thousand – did serve in the Confederate Army in unofficial, non-combat roles as [...]
While God Is Marching on, by Steven E. Woodworth
While God Is Marching on: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers (Modern War Studies) . University of Kansas Press, 2001.
by Steven E. Woodworth
They read the same Bible and prayed to the same God, but they faced each other in battle with rage [...]
Lester B. Fillay, 61st Illinois writes of battle action he saw at Shiloh
Pittsburg [Landing], Tenn
Thursday night April 10,1862
My Dear Wife,
I [1] have just received yours of April 1st the first one I have had since I left St. Louis [2]. I have passed 5 as hard days as ever I saw. You have I suppose …this purch? An account of the Lesseba battle fought [...]
CSACW
Kraig McNutt is the director of The Center for the Study of the American Civil War (CSACW), which houses the Kraig McNutt Civil War Collection. The CSACW was founded in 1995.
The main web site for the CSACW is The Civil War Gazette (CWG).
The CSACW is primarily focused on the Western Theater of the American Civil [...]
Interview with Civil War historian Steven E. Woodworth on Hood’s role in the Atlanta and Tennessee campaigns (1864)
Interview with Professor Steven E. Woodworth
12/27/2006
Recommended reading for this interview?
Jefferson Davis and His Generals, Woodworth
The Confederacy’s Last Hurrah, Sword
For Cause & For Country, Jacobson
Subject: John Bell Hood’s Atlanta and Tennessee campaigns (1864)
Also: read the interview with Dr. Woodworth about troop unit sizes during the Civil War
CWG: it’s pretty popular to bash Hood. There [...]
Civil War Timeline
The Civil War Gazette Civil War Timeline is a linear, chronological look at the important events related to the American Civil War, fought between April 1861 and April 1865. The timeline includes major battles and skirmishes, significant political events impacting the war, deaths of major military figures, as well as details of important battles [...]
