Civil War Times Oct 66, Mechanicsville Lee Tredegar Works Richmond Confederate

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Civil War Times Illustrated
Volume 5 Number 6 October 1966
Cover: A Collection of Confederate swords with an officer's uniform as a backdrop. Thw swords are from the collection of William A. Albaugh.
Contents:
The Battle Of Mechanicsville
In this first battle of the Seven Days, the Confederates got off to a bad start that cost them 1,400 casualties to no advantage....
Ironmonger To The South
Operated by an ingenious owner, the famous Tredegar Works of Richmond was the nucleus of a surprisingly efficient and productive industrial system.
A Regiment Of Rascals
Organized by a scalawag politician with the stipulation that it would not be used except in the defence of Washington, the 16th Virginia was composed largely of bounty jumpers and skulkers. In seven months 519 of its original 840 men had deserted....
How The Southern Generals Rated Their Leaders
In 1907, a senator from Texas sent a questionnaire to the 43 former Confederate generals still living, asking whom they regarded as 'the greatest commander' of the South. Here is what he learned...
Defending Pennsylvania Against Lee
Being a first person account of an officer in a Philadelphia militia battery sent to Harrisburg and Carlisle to head off the Confederate invasion of 1863...
Weapons & Equipment
Explosive Bullets
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