10 Questions: Flight and Fight
For many former slaves, the battle for freedom did not end with Union victory in the Civil War
10 Questions: Just Causes Aaron Sheehan-Dean
The Civil War, which cost roughly 750,000 lives, including more than 200,000 battlefield deaths, is America’s deadliest conflict. It could have been worse.
10 Questions: Playing Hancock
For Actor Brian Mallon, landmark film on the war’s bloodiest battle still holds up 25 years later
Everlasting Tribute: The Brickyard Fight, From an Expert’s Heart to Our Eyes
Making artwork has been a passion of mine since childhood. So has the study of the Civil War, in particular the history of the 154th New York Infantry.
5 Questions: Restoring Grant to Greatness
Ron Chernow’s new biography, "Grant" upsets a century and half of historiography, illuminating Ulysses S. Grant as a flawed but just man who, despite his drinking problem, won the Civil War and, though scandals marred his presidency, should be remembered as one of our major chief executives.
Home Grown Terrorists
The Civil War was over, but white terror organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and Knights of the White Camellia fought a new war against Republicans and African Americans.
A surprise visit from Morgan’s Raiders
Thomas Lewis had avoided war -- until it invaded his own farm
Notes from a Mississippi Cave Dweller
As Union forces closed in on Vicksburg, residents took to the hills
Lincoln’s midterms
Every president faces a shift in Congress after two years, but this halftime show was especially dangerous.
