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Jayhawkers and border ruffians had a handle on them. Lawman/gambler Wild Bill Hickok carried two and was deadly accurate with both. Confederate guerrilla leader William “Bloody Bill” Anderson carried at least three. Saloon owner/gunman “Rowdy Joe” Lowe once kicked one from a sheriff’s hand, discharging the gun and wounding an innocent bystander. The weapon that …
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Miss Alcott Goes to WarEager to support the North, the budding author volunteered for a fledgling corps of female nurses. For generations of Americans, Louisa May Alcott has been revered as the author of… Read MoreThe ’61 Springfield Rifle MusketStrong right arm of the infantry. Federal infantrymen were armed mainly with the Springfield rifle musket, Model 1861, or variants of this model, i.e., the Model 1863 or 1864 rifle… Read More‘A Rebel Batery Unlimbered and Opened on Us’Union Lieutenant William M. Reid at Shiloh. On April 6, 1862, the first day of the Battle of Shiloh, William M. Reid (left) of the 15th Illinois Infantry scrawled in his diary: “Al… Read MoreWar in WatercolorsOf all the soldier artists who chronicled the war, perhaps none was more accomplished than German immigrant Adolph G. Metzner. His field-drawn illustrations survive today as a time… Read MoreCWT Book Review: This Great StruggleThis Great Struggle: America’s Civil War Steven E. Woodworth; Roman & Littlefield Publishers The sheer immensity and scope of the war has naturally lent itself to a host of mul… Read More
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