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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
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The 1260+ members of the Yahoo Group FIELDS OF CONFLICT cordially
invite you
to join us in our study and discussion of America's costliest conflict.
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The FIELDS OF CONFLICT site has a Files section with a table of
contents
containing over 368 entries with articles, diaries, letters, historic
era do***ents like the Confederate law authorizing black enlistments in
the Army of the Confederacy, Order of Battle for various campaigns,
battle re****ts
written by the men who commanded the armies involved, etc.
A sample of the articles includes. . .
"The Pea Ridge Campaign",
By Franz Sigel, Major-General, U.S.V.
"General Lee In The Wilderness Campaign"
By Charles S. Vernable, Lieutenant-Colonel, C.S.A., Of General Lee's
Staff.
"Through Blood And Fire At Gettysburg",
By: Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain (U.S.A.)
Mutiny Of The Anderson Cavalry (15th PA Cavalry) At Murfreesboro, TN
Story Of The Last Battle Of The Civil War: Palmetto Ranch, TX
Story Of The Confederate Attack On New York City
Diary Of Capt. Michael Shuler, 33rd VA Infantry
Diary of Pvt. Alfred Voorhees (U.S.A.) From The Time Of His Capture
To The Time Of His Death In Andersonville Prison, GA.
The Letter From The Commanding Officer Of The 11th Indiana Battery
To The Sister Of A Soldier In His Command Who Died
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Our Links section has 440+ URLs including 19 to web sites containing
full on-line
reprints of Civil War era training manuals, like Cook's Cavalry
Tactics,
as well as 87 links to on-line books about the war written between the
1870's and 1920's. We also have links to reprints of Civil War era
magazines at Cornell University Library, like Harpers Weekly, where you
can read the same summaries of the war that people in the 1860's were
reading. We also have about 60 links on on-line Civil War diaries &
memoirs.
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Also, our Photo section contains many not often encountered photos of
the war along with detailed maps showing battlefields by state and also
the sequence of battles by year.
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Come join us by going to the following site. . .
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FieldsOfConflict
.. . .and clicking on the JOIN button. Please post an introduction when
you join.
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