CWT Letters from Readers- June 2011

We Turned the Tables Edward H. Bonekemper’s article “The Butcher’s Bill” in the April 2011 issue, which compared Lee’s and Grant’s casualty totals during the war, was marred by a header mixup in its two “by the numbers” tables—as noted by several readers. In the tables, Confederate casualties were listed as Union, and vice versa. …

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Not A Very Merry Christmas

Life for American troops on the frontline in Italy in late December 1943 brought anything but yuletide cheer

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Time Travel: In the Nazis’ Alpine Fortress

TRAFFIC BUZZES AROUND US as we drive along the busy highway a few miles east of Berchtesgaden, a quaint Bavarian town whose domed church steeples are retreating in the growing distance. My tour guide, Tom Lewis, turns onto a narrow road and as we travel toward Obersalzberg Mountain, where Adolf Hitler built his infamous retreat, …

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Footlocker: Undersea Mystery

In August 1945, Seaman First Class Louis C. Reynolds collected this Japanese garment off the surrendered sub I-14. Does its insignia reveal the name of the original owner?

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Insight: Gary Gallagher on the War in the West

To read Gary Gallagher’s columns about the Civil War in the West that have appeared in Civil War Times magazine, follow the links below: Bold Rebel Venture in the Desert Insight: A Conflict Apart Out West Insight: Army in the Shadows

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Insight: A Conflict Apart

Brutal battles between the U.S. Army and Indians were not considered part of the “real war.” The Civil War witnessed numerous clashes between Indians and the U.S. Army and territorial military units. Three of the most notable involved the Sioux in Minnesota in 1862-1863, the Navajo in Arizona and New Mexico in 1863-1864, and a …

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Fire for Effect: A Man of No Seasons-Walther von Seydlitz

Wehrmacht leader Walther von Seydlitz marched to the beat of his own drum—a trait that, oddly enough, would earn him no friends.

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