Tag: Blue and Gray

Guest post by Michael C. C. Adams We asked Professor Michael C. C. Adams to select some archival images to represent each chapter of his latest book, Living Hell: The Dark Side of the Civil War. Professor Adams’ explanation of each picture and its significance follows. Living Hell, Chapter One: Gone for a Soldier Bucking…

Guest post by Michael C. C. Adams I have been interested in the American Civil War since I was a child. It was even the focus of my first book, which studied the psychological factors affecting Union generalship. Our Masters the Rebels: A Speculation on Union Military Failure in the East, 1861–1865 appeared in 1978 and…