Civil War Articles

New-Jerseys'-mutinous-33rd - John Toffey was sick with fever. The Union lieutenant had been ill for days and not able to attend to his duties. An Army surgeon in Chattanooga, Tenn., examined the 19-year-old officer on the evening of Nov. 22, 1863, and handed him a permit to go into the hospital...

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Was the Union victory at Chattanooga the beginning of the end for the South? For the North, the autumn of 1863 was a season of shattered hopes. The fall of Vicksburg and victory at Gettysburg in July had raised expectations of an end to the war before the New Year. But... 
The Birth of Thanksgiving - Though we most often associate Thanksgiving with Pilgrims and New England Indians, the holiday, at least as an official national event, began 150 years ago, at the height of the Civil War. On Oct. 3, 1863, President Lincoln issued ...