Culture Clash: East vs. West
Despite an ugly clash of egos at the top, the Union Army’s 20th Corps proved in Georgia that eastern and western troops could find common ground in battle
Steeped in History, the Virginia town of Chesapeake Harbors Remnants of Civil War
The town is steeped in the Confederate history so predominant in the South, but the area’s waterways made it a pivotal route on the Underground Railroad
A House Divided
After the recent attack on the Capitol, will history repeat itself?
The Good, Bad and Ugly of William T. Sherman
In 'The Scourge of War,' Brian Holden Reid examines the many facets of the famous general in equal measure
Why Martinsburg Remained Blue in Red Virginia
Martinsburg's Unionist passion was so unshakable, Confederates resorted to calling the key western Virginia town 'little Massachusetts.'
Hero’s Welcome for James Longstreet at Gettysburg Ends in Near Deadly Disaster
At Gettysburg’s 1888 grand reunion, Confederate outcast James Longstreet turned man of the hour. but his memory tour was almost fatal
Head of Class
Former schoolteacher finds a fitting home as one of John Hunt Morgan’s vaunted Cavalry raiders
‘Humanity Forbade Them to Starve’: Grant at Vicksburg
As Grant focused on taking Vicksburg, he found compassion to combat a contraband crisis
‘As He Lived For Others, So Did He Die’: Beloved Union General Israel Richardson Cut Down at Antietam
Confederate shell fire cut down revered Union General Israel Richardson at the Battle of Antietam
Lincoln’s Man in Liverpool
Thomas Haines Dudley and the Union’s most successful spy ring
Songs of 1865: How the Various Parties to the Civil War Saw the Struggle’s End
Historian S.C. (Sam) Gwynne's "Hymns of the Republic" looks at the Civil War's final year from multiple perspectives.
Exploring Gettysburg Through the Eyes of its Black Citizens
In Gettysburg, black citizens found fragile freedom.
