American Civil War

It had never occurred to Rutherford B. Hayes that he could be a presidential contender until he won an unprecedented third term as Ohios governor i...

Without his New York supporters, it's highly unlikely Abraham Lincoln would have made it to the White House. Yet the majority of New Yorkers never ...

Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson was the embodiment of Southern contradictions. He was a slave owner who fought and died, at least in part, to per...

Before the Civil War, America had undergone a technological revolution that made large-scale industry possible, yet, except for the expanding reach...

When Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863, he had broader aims than simply rallying a war-weary nation. Lincoln realized that t...

This work offers a contemporaneous portrait of Old Virginia, her unwavering stance on State sovereignty, and her fight to the death to defend the f...

Was the Civil War preordained to last four years or were there reasons why neither side could land a knockout punch? From the outset, both North...