Civil War

American Civil War

Louisa May Alcott Goes to War

Eager to support the North, the budding author volunteered for a fledgling corps of female nurses

Civil War Figures

A vast rebel conspiracy on the Great Lakes

Civil War Figures

Ron Maxwell Interview – ‘Gods and Generals’ Extended Director’s Cut

A HistoryNet exclusive interview with director Ron Maxwell about the extended director's cut of his film Gods and Generals, now available on DVD and Blu-Ray.

American Civil War

Is It Mosby

Is this a previously unknown portrait of the Gray Ghost?

ACW Feature

The Day New York Tried to Secede

American Civil War

We Are All Rebels

American Civil War

My Thoughts Be Bloody

American Civil War

Two Virginias Two Civil Wars

American Civil War

Camp Misery Excavation

Reviews

The Civil War in the New York Times

Figures/Biographies

Uhlinger’s Interesting Pistol

American Civil War

Segways appear at Fredericksburg NMP

Civil War Battles

Antietam Remembered

A veteran of Antietam spent his life collecting accounts of the war’s most horrific fighting

Civil War Figures

What if Lee had been a Yankee?

Secession

Civil War Memory

Harold Holzer explores revisionism and Civil War memory

Reviews

Soldiering to Citizenship in the Civil War

Today in History: Born on April 22

1440

Ivan III (the Great), grand prince of Russia.

1561

Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, essayist (The Advancement of Learning).

1788

Lord George Byron, English romantic poet ("Lara," "Don Juan.")

1874

D.W. [David Wark] Griffith, influential U.S. film director (The Birth of A Nation, Intolerance).

1890

Fred Vinson, Thirteenth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

1906

Willa Brown-Chappell, pioneer aviator.

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

Exploring Gettysburg Through the Eyes of its Black Citizens

In Gettysburg, black citizens found fragile freedom.

Gettysburg

Weaponry: The Rifle-Musket and the Minié Ball

The Civil War's deadliest weapons were not rapid-fire guns or giant cannon, but the simple rifle-musket and the humble minié ball.

Civil War Images

Civil War Images

Uhlinger’s Interesting Pistol

America's Civil War

Putting a face on the burden of war: Lincoln Face Morph

Worry over a nation torn apart etched itself in the visage of Abraham Lincoln.

Battle Of Vicksburg

Battle Of Vicksburg

All Things Vicksburg

Battle Of Vicksburg

Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi (Book Review)

Civil War Causes

Emancipation Proclamation

A Shared History

Secession

Civil War Memory

Harold Holzer explores revisionism and Civil War memory

Civil War Spies

Bill Anderson

Book Review: Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla (by Albert Castel and Thomas Goodrich): CWT

Civil War Battlefields

Civil War 1863

Is It Mosby

Is this a previously unknown portrait of the Gray Ghost?

Battle Of Richmond

Civil War Cannon

USS Monitor: The Crew Took Great Pride in Serving on the Famous Ship

The crew of Swedish Inventor John Ericsson's Monitor took great pride in serving on the renowned 'cheese box on a raft.'

Confederate Generals

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Tennessee town memorializes Nathan B. Forrest’s horse

Nathan Bedford Forrest

The Angola Train Wreck

Nearly 50 people died and many more injured in the 1867 train wreck known as the Angola Horror. John D. Rockefeller narrowly missed being one of them.

Civil War 1863

Civil War 1863

Is It Mosby

Is this a previously unknown portrait of the Gray Ghost?

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Assassination

‘Saving Lincoln’ – Movie Review

The independent film 'Saving Lincoln' is a small, shining gem, a movie with heart and brains about Abraham Lincoln and his friend and bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon.

Abraham Lincoln

The Last Photo of Lincoln

When Abraham Lincoln’s remains arrived in New York City on April 24, 1865, hundreds of thousands of its once-antagonistic citizens gathered to mourn him.

Confederacy

Robert E Lee

LEAVE THEM STANDING: Confederate monuments must remain at Gettysburg to help interpret the Civil War’s causes and consequences

Prominent historian Gary W. Gallagher argues how Confederate monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield can serve as invaluable teaching tools.

Confederacy

America’s Civil War: Horses and Field Artillery

Working side by side with soldiers, horses labored to pull artillery pieces into battle. Without them, field artillery could not have been used to such deadly effect.

Union Soldiers

Robert E Lee

LEAVE THEM STANDING: Confederate monuments must remain at Gettysburg to help interpret the Civil War’s causes and consequences

Prominent historian Gary W. Gallagher argues how Confederate monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield can serve as invaluable teaching tools.

Union Soldiers

Major General Adelbert Ames: Forgotten Man of the 20th Maine

June Issue Extra: Adelbert Ames preceded Joshua Chamberlain as colonel of the 20th Maine

Civil War Cannon

Civil War Cannon

USS Monitor: The Crew Took Great Pride in Serving on the Famous Ship

The crew of Swedish Inventor John Ericsson's Monitor took great pride in serving on the renowned 'cheese box on a raft.'

John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth

Was playwright George H. Booth related to John Wilkes Booth?

Union Army

Robert E Lee

LEAVE THEM STANDING: Confederate monuments must remain at Gettysburg to help interpret the Civil War’s causes and consequences

Prominent historian Gary W. Gallagher argues how Confederate monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield can serve as invaluable teaching tools.

Secession

Civil War Memory

Harold Holzer explores revisionism and Civil War memory

George Meade

Robert E Lee

LEAVE THEM STANDING: Confederate monuments must remain at Gettysburg to help interpret the Civil War’s causes and consequences

Prominent historian Gary W. Gallagher argues how Confederate monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield can serve as invaluable teaching tools.

MHQ Reviews

MHQ Reviews: Cain at Gettysburg

Army Of Northern Virginia

Army Of Northern Virginia

Second Battle of Manassas: Union Major General John Pope Was No Match for Robert E. Lee

Brash, bombastic John Pope tempted fate by returning to the old battleground at Manassas. He thought he had caught Robert E. Lee napping. He was wrong.

John Browns Raid On Harpers Ferry

John Browns Raid On Harpers Ferry

Riverside resort threatens Harpers Ferry’s viewshed

Abolitionism

Abolitionism

Timeline: The Abolition of the Slave Trade

William Wilberforce waged a long campaign to convince Britain to abolish the slave trade.

Underground Railroad

Uncle Tom's Cabin

British Textiles Clothe the World

How did Britain come to dominate the global production of cloth?

By Claire Hopley

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

British Textiles Clothe the World

How did Britain come to dominate the global production of cloth?

By Claire Hopley

Secession

Secession

Civil War Memory

Harold Holzer explores revisionism and Civil War memory

Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation

A Shared History

Slavery

Uncle Tom's Cabin

British Textiles Clothe the World

How did Britain come to dominate the global production of cloth?

By Claire Hopley

Slavery

Book Review: The Union Must Stand: The Civil War Diary of John Quincy Adams Campbell, Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry (edited by Mark Grimsley and Todd D. Miller): ACW

States Rights

States Rights

John C. Calhoun: The Man Who Started the Civil War

If one person could be called the instigator of the Civil War, it was John C. Calhoun—genius pragmatist, and racist.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Emory Upton and the Shaping of the U.S. Army

How one soldier’s combat experiences and study of the world's great military powers led to a tactical revolution

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Tennessee town memorializes Nathan B. Forrest’s horse

Robert E Lee

Robert E Lee

LEAVE THEM STANDING: Confederate monuments must remain at Gettysburg to help interpret the Civil War’s causes and consequences

Prominent historian Gary W. Gallagher argues how Confederate monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield can serve as invaluable teaching tools.

Robert E Lee

Battle of Resaca: Botched Union Attack

William Tecumseh Sherman waited expectantly to hear that his accomplished young protégé, James B. McPherson, had successfully gotten astride the railroad at Resaca and cut off the Confederate line of retreat. Hours went by with no word from McPherson. What was 'Mac' doing in Snake Creek Gap?

Stonewall Jackson

ACW Feature

How in the World Did They Shoot Stonewall Jackson?

Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is accidentally shot by his own men during the Battle of Chancellorsville. His death, perhaps, alters the course of the war itself.

Bill Anderson

Bill Anderson

Book Review: Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla (by Albert Castel and Thomas Goodrich): CWT

Abraham Lincoln Assassination

Abraham Lincoln Assassination

‘Saving Lincoln’ – Movie Review

The independent film 'Saving Lincoln' is a small, shining gem, a movie with heart and brains about Abraham Lincoln and his friend and bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon.

America's Civil War

‘Daring Beyond Precedent’: One Union Officer’s Bravery at Shepherdstown

A Union officer’s heroism at Shepherdstown awed both friend and foe

2000s

‘The Sistine Chapel of Apache religion’: Tribe Fighting to Save its Sacred Land

The Apache hope to save Oak Flat, a sacred site to the tribe, from mining operations

Aviation & Spaceflight

Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee: ‘Do While You Can’

Charles McGee never thought much of flying until he started training at Tuskegee. When he finally left the U.S. Air Force, he had 30 years and three wars behind him.