The Language Misconception of the Antebellum Era
A compound Latin word creates a false impression of the complex prewar decades
Hidden Gettysburg: Exploring the Battlefield’s Secret Stories
Get off the tourist path and appreciate hidden spots that illuminate America's most significant battle
Sketches From Inside a Confederate Prison
A Union veteran commissioned artwork depicting his life in Andersonville and Florence
Review | ‘We Give Them Hell’
The Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run inspired 37-year old Wisconsin flour mill owner Henry Young to fight for the Union cause.
Your Help Wanted: Join the Effort to Transcribe African American Civil War Soldier Records
University of Chicago sociologist John Clegg is using the Union Army records of African-American men like Abram Garvin to learn about self-emancipation.
The War In Their Words: I Am The Colonel’s Orderly
A soldier’s diary preserves the only known text of an Emory Upton speech
Church in the Maelstrom: A historian’s reflection on the violence of the war’s first major battle
Before it lent its name to the April 6-7, 1862, battle, Shiloh Church was the center of a community.
Facing the Enemy: The crucible of combat forged unique unit cultures within Civil War regiments
Tactical success in combat rests upon a foundation of deeply human factors, and the battles of the Civil War were no exception.
Rambling: His Place His Passion
To understand Clark “Bud” Hall’s passion for Brandy Station, where the war’s biggest cavalry battle was fought, you must explore his battlefield with him.
Insight: Off The Tracks
The Confederacy failed to take advantage of railroad technology
Explore: Old Town Winchester
For three years, Union and Confederate soldiers pounded through the heart of Winchester, Va.
Interview with Joan Cashin: Devastation
War Stuff: The Struggle for Human and Environmental Resources in the American Civil War by Joan E. Cashin explores the conduct of both Union and Confederate armies and the impact on local civilians.
The War In Their Words: ‘Our Rifles Spoke”
An Iron Brigade soldier recounts his baptism of fire at the battles of Brawner’s Farm and Second Bull Run
The Rebellion’s Reality Check
Union veterans had no doubt about Gettysburg’s significance as a turning point in the conflict
Interview With Thomas Van Winkle: Caretakers of the Core
Thomas Van Winkle, president of the board of directors for the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, has been working for battlefield preservation since 1996.
Fire-Eater’s Fantasy
Edmund Ruffin’s 1860 book predicted a Civil War from which the South emerged triumphant
