American Civil War

The American Civil War began with a laying down of arms by Union troops at Fort Sumter, and it ended with a series of surrenders, most famously at ...

The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, and still standsas the bloodiest single day in American military history. Additionally, in...

On July 3, 1863, a large-scale cavalry fight was waged on Crest Ridge four miles east of Gettysburg. There, on what is commonly referred to as East...

Born into slavery in rural Louisiana, Rose Herera was bought and sold several times before being purchased by the De Hart family of New Orleans. St...

The Atlanta Campaign in 1864 was second only to Ulysses S. Grants Overland Campaign in Virginia for scope and drama. Once Grant decided to personal...

Examining how a civilian organization used the Civil War to advance their religious mission Tabernacles in the Wilderness discusses the work of the...

Dan Butterfield played a pivotal role during the Civil War. He led troops in the field at the brigade, division, and corps level, wrote the 1862 Ar...

The dawn of 1863 brought a new phase of the Unions Mississippi Valley operations against Vicksburg. For the first four months, Union attempts to re...

Civil War Flags of Tennessee provides information on all known Confederate and Union flags of the state and showcases the Civil War flag collection...

This is a story about a dangerous ideathat all men are created equalwhich ignited revolutions in America, France and Haiti; burst across Europe in ...

Killed in action at the bloody Battle of Shiloh, Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston stands as the highest-ranking American military officer...

Offers a definitive guide to the Confederate armys primary engagements at the epic Battle of Antietam With a tally of more than five thousand kille...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fiv...

The Antebellum Press: Setting the Stage for Civil War reveals the critical role of journalism in the years leading up to Americas deadliest conflic...

During the late summer and fall of 1863, the Civil War in the Eastern Theater was anything but inconsequential. Generals Meade and Lee continued wh...

Love and the Working Class is a unique look at the emotions of hard-living, nineteenth-century Americans who were often on the cusp of literacy. Th...

While the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas are undoubtedly the most celebrated in American history, they may also be the most...

While faith in the Enlightenment was waning elsewhere by 1850, at the United States Military Academy at West Point and in the minds of academy grad...