Articles Appearing in Blue & Gray Magazine

Volume IV, Issue 6

The Great Locomotive Chase or, The Andrews Raid, by James G. Bogle.

Who Was James Smith?

The Andrews Raid on Film, by Steve Davis.

The Medal of Honor, by Edward F. Murphy.

Controversy Claims & Counter-claims, by Roger Long.

Profile -'Old Stars': Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel at the Gates of the Confederacy, by Kevin J. Weddle.

Reflections -It was a Full Moon When ...: A Researcher's Guide to Civil War Moon Phases

Back Roads -Professor Jackson Visits Ansted, by Tim McKinney.

Book Reviews

Why the South Lost The Civil War, by Richard E. Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones and William N. Still Jr. Reviewed by Harold B. Simpson.

History of the First Regiment Delaware Volunteers, by William P. Seville. Reviewed by Mike Cavanaugh.

The Campaign for Vicksburg. Vol. II: Grant Strikes a Fatal Blow, by Edwin Cole Bearss. Reviewed by Richard M. McMurry.

Civil War Cinema: A Pictorial History of Hollywood and the War Between the States, by John M. Cassidy. Reviewed by Steve Davis.

Doctors in Blue: The Medical History of the Union Army in the Civil War, by George Worthington Adams. Reviewed by James O. Breeden.

Surveys of the Confederate Postmasters' Provisionals, edited by Francis J. Crown, Jr. Reviewed by Herman Hattaway.



Volume IV, Issue 5

A Beastly, Comfortless Conflict: The Battle of Chantilly, September 1, 1862, by Joseph W.A. Whitehorne.

Bookish Notes -Virginia's Confederate Maurys -Especially Betsy, by Robert K. Krick.

Profile -I Am A Rip-Squealer And My Name Is FIGHT: M. Jeff Thompson of Missouri, by Steve Davis.

Book Reviews

Brave Men's Tears: The Iron Brigade at Brawner Farm, by Alan D. Gaff. Reviewed by John Hennessy.

History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate Brigades, by R.S. Bevier. Reviewed by Michael L. Gillespie.

The Battle in the Bayou Country, by Morris Raphael. Reviewed by Elden E. "Josh" Billings.



Volume IV, Issue 4

Johnson's Island Prison, by Roger Long

Part I -The Prison: 'Hell Has Torments of Cold" Part II -The Conspiracy: Pirates on Lake Erie

Reflections -The Stonewall Brigade Medallion, by William W. Hassler.

Preservation -ENDANGERED! The Antietam Battlefield, by Dennis E. Frye.

Book Reviews

Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy: Guerrilla Warfare In The West 1861-1865, by Richard S. Brownlee. Reviewed by Barry J. Crompton.

All For the Union, A History of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Great Rebellion, As Told by the Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes. Edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes. Reviewed by George Skoch.

History of the Campaign of Gen. T.J. (Stonewall) Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley, by William Allan. Reviewed by Robert G. Tanner.

Infernal Machines: The Story of Confederate Submarine and Mine Warfare, by Milton F. Perry. Reviewed by Steve Davis.

A Master's Due: Essays in Honor of David Herbert Donald, edited by William J. Cooper, Jr., Michael F. Holt and John McCardell. Reviewed by Steve Davis.

Sword Over Richmond: An Eyewitness History of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, by Richard Wheeler. Reviewed by Steve Davis.

Wendell Phillips: Liberty's Hero, by James Brewer Stewart. Reviewed by Steve Davis.



Volume IV, Issue 3

Fire On The Mountain: The Battle of South Mountain, September 14, 1862, background text by Stephen W. Sears.

Reflections -Tennessee Homecoming

Histroy -Censorship and the Northern Reporter, by John F. Marszaleck.

Back Roads -Jo Shelby's Grave, by Scott E. Sallee

Book Reviews

Reminiscences of the Civil War, by General John B. Gordon. Reviewed by Robert E. L. Krick.

Rock of Chickamauga: The Life of General George H. Thomas, by Freeman Cleaves. Reviewed by Albert Castel.

Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence, by Heros Von Borcke. Reviewed by Emory M. Thomas.

Chickamauga: Bloody Battle in the West, by Glenn Tucker. Reviewed by Richard M. McMurry.

Rebel Raider: The Life of General John Hunt Morgan, by James A. Ramage. Reviewed by James Lee McDonough.

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: Volume 13 (November 16, 1864-February21-April 30, 1865). Edited by John Y. Simon. Reviewed by Richard J. Sommers.

U.S. Grant: The Man and His Image, by James G. Barber and John Y. Simon. Reviewed by Steve Davis.

1st Virginia Infantry, by Lee A. Wallace, Jr.; 2nd Virginia Infantry, by Dennis E. Frye; 30th Virginia Infantry, by Robert K. Krick. Reviewed by Herbert M. Schiller, M.D.

Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose, by Charles Hamilton and Lloyd Ostendorf. Reviewed by Elbert L. Watson.

A Pictorial History of Civil War Era Musical Instruments and Military Bands, by Robert Garofalo and Mark Elrod. Reviewed by Frank Hoogerwerf.

North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster. Volume IX, Infantry (32nd-35th and 37th Regiments). Compiled by Weymouth T. Jordon, Jr., with unit histories by Louis H. Manarin. Reviewed by Thomas V. Moseley.

History of the Eighty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, by Amos M. Judson. Reviewed by James I. Robertson.

James Longstreet: Lee's War Horse, by H.J. Eckenrode and Bryan Conrad. Reviewed by Steve Davis.

Old Abe the War Eagle: A True Story of the Civil War and Reconstruction, by Richard H. Zeitlin. Reviewed by Steve Davis.

General George Crook: His Autobiography. Edited and annotated by Martin F. Schmitt. Reviewed by Steve Davis.



Volume IV, Issue 2

13 Haunted Places of the Civil War: "It Was A Dark and Stormy Night ..."

Fiction -Miranda, by John Jakes.

History -"Badges of Woe" and "Testaments of Grief": Image Publishers Respond to the Tragedy of Lincoln's Death, by Harold Holzer, Gabor S. Boritt and Mark E. Neely Jr.

Reflections -Sam Clemens and the Yellow Mule, by Roger Long.

Back Roads -North Elba: Where John Brown Lies A-moulderin', by Sanford Boyer.

Book Reviews

Bold Dragoon: The Life of J.E.B. Stuart, by Emory M. Thomas. Reviewed by James A. Ramage.

The Hardtack Regiment: An Illustrated History of the 154th Regiment, New York State Infantry Volunteers, by Mark H. Dundelman and Michael J. Winey. Reviewed by Kathy Steckelberg.

Infantry Tactics, by Gen. Silas Casey. Reviewed by Ben Maryniak.

Confederate Forts, by Zed H. Burns. Reviewed by Robert B. DeBlieux.

Flawed Victory: A New Perspective on the Civil War by William L. Barney. Reviewed by J. Tracy Power.

Yankee Saints and Southern Sinners, by Bertram Wyatt-Brown. Reviewed by Steve Davis.

Bugger Saga: The Civil War Story of Guerilla and Bushwacker Warfare in Lauderdale County, Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee, by Maurice Pruitt. Reviewed by Steve Davis.



Volume IV, Issue 1

The Battle of Sabine Pass, Texas: Prelude, Victory, Aftermath, Including the Effects of War on Jefferson County, Texas.

Historical Notes on Jefferson County, Texas, by W.T. Block

The Civil War Comes to Jefferson County, Texas, by W.T. Block

The Battle of Sabine Pass, September 8, 1863, by Ernest Jones

The Aftermath of Dowling's Victory, by W.T. Block

Profile -Without Fear, Without Reproach: The Life of General George D. Bayard, by David V. Finnell.

Reflections -The Last Gray Witness to Sabine Pass: Thomas B. Iden, February 18, 1847-January 5, 1950, by Jay S. Hoar.

Back Roads -Lincoln in Alaska, by Henry W. Ludman.

Book Reviews

September Blood: The Battle of Carnifex Ferry, by Terry Lowry. Reviewed by Jeffrey D. Wert.

"Dear Friends at Home ...." The Letters and Diary of Thomas James Owen, Fiftieth New York Volunteer Engineer Regiment, During the Civil War. Edited by Dale E. Floyd. Reviewed by Arthur B. Fox.

Liddell's Record: St. John Richardson Liddell, Brigadier General, CSA, Staff Officer and Brigade Commander, Army of Tennessee, by St. John R. Liddell. Edited by Nathaniel C. Hughes. Reviewed by Harris D. Riley.

Crucible of Reconstruction: War, Radicalism, and Race in Louisiana, 1862-1877, by Ted Tunnell. Reviewed by Paul A. Cimbala.

The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command, by Edwin B. Coddington. Reviewed by Ted Alexander.

Rebels on the Rio Grande: The Civil War Journals of A.B. Peticolas, edited by Don E. Alberts. Reviewed by Joseph E. Derie, II.

From Antietam to Fort Fisher: The Civil War Letters of Edward King Wightman, 1862-1865. Edited by Edward G. Longacre. Reviewed by Gould B. Hagler, Jr.

The Union Cavalry in the Civil War; Volume III: The War in the West, 1861-1865, by Stephen Z. Starr. Reviewed by Edward G. Longacre.

The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Volume 5: 1853-1855. Edited by Lynda Lasswell Crist and Mary Seaton Dix. Reviewed by Steve Davis.

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