American Civil War

William Tecumseh Sherman, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole War, became one of the best-known generals in the Civil War. His March ...

The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865, killing nearly 700,000 Americans and costing the country untold millions of dollars. The events of...

The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865, killing nearly 700,000 Americans and costing the country untold millions of dollars. The events of...

The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865, killing nearly 700,000 Americans and costing the country untold millions of dollars. The events of...

Although the American Civil War has received extensive scholarly attention in the 150+ years since its conclusion, far less scholarly work has been...

With a closeness perhaps unique to siblings orphaned young, Orlando and Artimisia Missie Palmer exchanged intimate letters throughout their lives. ...

With a closeness perhaps unique to siblings orphaned young, Orlando and Artimisia Missie Palmer exchanged intimate letters throughout their lives. ...

An alternative history about Rose Greenhow and her activities as a spy before and during the American Civil War. She was the Confederate spy who ga...

Confederate Privateer is a comprehensive account of the brief life and exploits of John Yates Beall, a Confederate soldier, naval officer, and guer...

A milestone in American cultural history, the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia was one of the most broadly shared, heavily attended, and ...

During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of warescaped from Confederate prison camps into South Carolina and NorthCarolina, oft...

Like many other soldiers who fought in the Civil War, New Orleans newspaper editor William J. Seymour left behind an account of his wartime experie...