Civil War Times Dec.62 Vicksburg Sherman Douglass Atlanta Mayre Fredericksburg

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Civil War Times Illustrated
Volume 1 Number 8 December 1962
Contents:
Feature Articles:
6
A Letter from Fredericksburg
Maj. Francis E. Pierce participated in the suicidal attack on Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg 100 years ago and lived to write a vivid account of his experience in a letter to a friend. Hitherto unpublished, here is that account.
10
W. L. Sheppard: Artist of Action (a special portfolio)
A member of the Richmond Howitzers, this talented artist left a collection of superb paintings and sketches showing the life and times of the Confederate soldier.
18
On the Road to Atlanta: Johnston vs. Sherman
Two of the shrewdest generals in the Civil War commanded the armies in this classic campaign whose outcome sealed the fate of the Confederacy.
23
Frederick Douglass (a personality profile)
This one-time slave became both a symbol and an effective spokesman for the Abolitionist cause.
36
The "Swamp Angel"
Southerners had other names for this cannon and the Federals who set it up to fire on the City of Charleston.
38
How Porter's Flotilla Ran the Gantlet Past Vicksburg
U. S. Grant knew how to seize this Confederate fortress town which denied the Federals use of the Mississippi; that was to put an army across the river downstream and attack from the land side. But first he had to get the necessary boats past the mighty guns of Vicksburg.
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