American Civil War

Built in Birkenhead, England, from 1862-1865, the Laird rams were two innovative armored warships intended for service with the Confederate Navy du...

Lincoln Mediated provides new information about a historical figure everyone thinks they know. It describes how Abraham Lincoln worked with the pre...

The dramatic battlefield deaths of brother Union Army commanders Robert L. McCook and Daniel McCook, Jr.--members of a prominent Ohio family kno...

Between 1817 and 1864, sixteen officers were assigned as Commandants of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. They played an important role in tr...

Dan Showalter was Speaker Pro Tem of the California State Assembly at the outbreak of the Civil War and the exemplar of treason in the Far West ...

Spain and the United States both experienced extremely bloody and divisive civil wars that left social and emotional wounds, many of which still en...

In July 1862, the directors of the Chicago Board of Trade used their significant influence to organize perhaps the most prominent Union artillery u...

This is the first book-length, critical analysis of Lieutenant General James Longstreet's actions at the Battle of Gettysburg. The author argues...

Alonzo Bryant Searing, a high school graduate aged 18, enlisted in the 11th New Jersey Volunteer Regiment in Dover, New Jersey in 1862 and served t...

A fresh biography of a neglected figure in Southern history who played a pivotal role in the Civil War. In the predawn hours of April 12, 1861, Jam...

A fresh biography of a neglected figure in Southern history who played a pivotal role in the Civil War. In the predawn hours of April 12, 1861, Jam...

Born into a Sephardic Jewish immigrant family, Dr. Issachar Zacharie was the preeminent foot doctor for the American political elite before and ...

Until recently, it has been difficult for anyone with an interest in the Army of Northern Virginia''s horse artillery, which served under legendary...

Drawing on six years of research, this book covers the military service and postwar lives of notable Confederate veterans who moved into Norther...

Clement Vallandigham, an Ohio opponent of the Civil War and of abolition, was thrown out of the country by Abraham Lincoln because of his politi...

The U.S. government's Indian Policy evolved during the 19th century, culminating in the expulsion of the American Indians from their ancestral h...

While slavery and secession divided the Union during the American Civil War, they also severed the Northern and Southern dioceses of the Protestant...