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Weather and the Civil War

Weather was one of the biggest factors in the American Civil War. It affected every part of the conflict.…

The Battle of Stones River

After the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky in October 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg retreated…

Antebellum Military Education of Civil War Leaders

On both sides two thirds of leaders with the rank of major general or higher came from the old regular…

Paducah-Gateway to the Confederacy

At the beginning of the war, Kentucky maintained a stance of neutrality and Union and Confederate forces…

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