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The Blue and Gray — With a Touch of Yellow and Red

The Blue and Gray — With a Touch of Yellow and Red

by Robert Plumb | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized

Ask Civil War enthusiasts about the term “The Blue and the Gray” and most will respond: “Those are the colors of the uniforms men wore during the Civil War; the Union wore blue and the Confederates wore gray.” The answer is more complex. Union and Confederate armies...
Little Round Top at Gettysburg: First the Battle, Then a View of History

Little Round Top at Gettysburg: First the Battle, Then a View of History

by Robert Plumb | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorized

George Pressly McClelland was serving as a sergeant in the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry when his unit, a part of the Army of the Potomac, was sent from Fredericksburg, Virginia to intercept the Army of Northern Virginia, thought to be passing through Maryland on their...

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    Best Books About the American Civil War

    Gravelly Run Church, Five Forks, Virginia: Sanctuary of Sorrow

    The Union “Apple Jack Raid” — December 1864

    “Give Them the Cold Steel!” General Andrew Humphreys at Fredericksburg, Virginia — December 1862

    Mine Run: Tragedy Averted – November 1863

    “Fighting Joe” Hooker … Or Was He ?

    Sarah Josepha Hale: The Woman Who Helped Save Mount Vernon

    General Gouverneur K. Warren: From Military Hero to “Reluctant Warrior”

    Watching the Civil War Through His Cellar Window – July 9, 1864

    Union Soldier Choristers Perform in Confederate Homes

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