Rebels on the Run
The dramatic battle for High Bridge only postponed the inevitable.
Future Wild West Stars Meet While Serving as Union Spies in Missouri
"Wild Bill" and "Buffalo Bill," each dressed in gray, had a snack while chasing Confederates under Sterling Price
Riverboat Espionage: How a Confederate Officer Spied From the Decks of a Prison Ship
During the Red River Campaign, a Louisiana major kept notes on a newspaper and eventually slipped them to a Rebel general
Eastern Theater Outcasts Battle for Redemption Near Atlanta
Confederate Iverson and Yankee Stoneman each hoped to restore a stained reputation
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Is a Speech for the Ages
With malice toward none, with charity toward all, the president seeks to binds the wounds of the nation
Off the Rails: Trailside Visits Martinsburg, W. Va.
A gateway between the North and the South, this transportation hub was coveted territory for commanders on both sides.
Field Notes: Gettysburg’s Great Task Youth Leadership Program Expanded
American Battlefield Trust and Bowe Stewart Foundation commits to multiyear support
“Shell Away”—Baldy Smith’s Defiant Response to Rebel Demand That He Surrender Carlisle, Pa.
On July 1, 1863, a Union officer's hard-nosed response kept J.E.B. Stuart away from Lee for six hours
Ten Civil War Generals Who Died Unusual Deaths
The bizarre and tragic fates of 10 Civil War generals
Green Regiment Takes Unjust Blame for Union Loss of Harpers Ferry
IInexperienced 126th New York mustered in three weeks before it surrendered on eve of Antietam
‘This Place Is Called The Wilderness’
Civil War soldiers who fought in the tangled forest west of Fredericksburg created a hellish mythology
Congress Changed the Way Lincoln Fought the Civil War
Radical Republicans pushed for aggressive military policy, emancipation, and Western expansion
The Last Stand: Visit the Five Forks Battlefield and Dinwiddie County, Va.
The war’s closing hours erupted in this southern seat
Field Notes: Derailment Closes Parts of Harpers Ferry National Park
Two empty freight train cars fell into the Potomac River, closing sites including John Brown's Fort and The Point
A Closer Look at First Assault at Antietam’s ‘Creek of Death’
Two of the 11th Connecticut's officers died in gallant rush on Burnside Bridge
