CROSSROADS TO HISTORY

The people of the Civil War and their stories

The original magazine -- Crossroads To History -- is now out of print. However, Good News -- the concept of the magazine continues is now available as a new publication with a slight change in name. The new magazine is Crossroads of History.

The issues of the original Crossroads to History that are still available are listed below.

Winchester and the Northern Shenandoah Valley

    Vol. 2 No. 1 -- January, 1997
  • Cover: The Late Jack Rawls -- 2nd VA Volunteer Infantry North South Skirmish Association.
  • Articles include:
    • The Quintessential Cavalier -- General Turner Ashby.
    • Jack Rawls and The North South Skirmish Association.
    • A Shenandoah County Soldier -- Samuel Jefferson Artz.
    • Shepherdstown and the Revolutionary War.
    • John Brown -- Saint or Madman?
    Vol. 2 No. 2 -- February, 1997
  • Cover: Confederate Cavalry on a winter day at Edgewood Manor by re-enactors Bill Jackson, John Woods, John Nolan and Todd Kern.
  • Articles include:
    • John E. Boyd, Jr -- Son, Soldier, Spy?
    • A Preservation Hero -- Pat Goodman.
    • Hackwood.
    • The Site of the Taylor Hotel in Winchester, Virginia.
    • Elite Troops in the Valley.
    • Winchester Women, 'The Truest People in the South'.
    • Shepherdstown After Antietam.


Winchester to Gettysburg and Beyond

    Vol. 2 No. 5 -- May, 1997
  • Cover: "Stonewall" Cemetery of the Mount hebron Cemetery (Winchester, VA)
  • Articles include:
    • The Sixth of June -- Confederate Memorial Day.
    • National Cemetery.
    • Stonewall Jackson Photo Mystery.
    • Stephen D. Ramseur's Darkest Day -- The Battle of Stephenson's Depot, July 20, 1864.
    • New Yorkers Saved Stephens City from Hunter's Fiery Wrath.
    • Sharpsburg -- Battle Highlights.
    • Glen Burnie Manor House & Gardens.
    Vol. 3 No.1 -- January, 1998
  • Cover: "Confederate Pickets in the Snow" painting by Don Troiani.
  • Articles include:
    • Winchester's Summer of 1863.
    • Military Rule in Winchester in 1863.
    • The Saga of Five Brothers from New York.
    • The Statue of Freedom's Beginnings
      (Atop the Dome of the United States Capitol)
    Vol. 3 No. 5 -- May, 1998
  • Cover: War time image of Lt Col James A. Stahle.
  • Articles include:
    • Lietenant Colonel James A. Stahle.
    • Mrs. Hugh Lee's Diary, May 1863.
    • Elmira Prison -- Yankee Hell-hole.
    • Gettysburg -- First Shot Marker.
    • The Lewis T. Moore Home.


Civil War Human Interest and Preservation

    Vol. 5 No.2 -- September/October 2000
  • Cover: General P.G.T. Beauregard.
  • Articles include:
    • Shenandoah Valley after the War.
    • Le Temps: A French Newspaper Staff Reports the Civil War.
    • A Spicy Letter from the 87th
    • "A" to the "York Republican".
    • In Lieu of a Draft.
    • They Were Soldiers Once and Young.
    • Last Chance at Appomattox.
    • O.W. Sees' Pocket Diary.



A few copies of these out-of-print issues of "Crossroads To History" are still available.
Call Mac Rutherford at (540) 667-4090 or email him at msrrebel@hotmail.com for more information.


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