In his remarkable address, the president argued that the Civil War was God's judgment on America for the evil of slavery and that every means, no matter how how horrific, must be used to root it out
With malice toward none, with charity for all, the president set the nation to the task of reconciliation and freedom
Plenty of blame to go around for the defeat that cost the Union army 13,000 casualties
The new mini-series takes a quick look at the Union general’s long road to success
Union cavalry's fate hung on the health of its four-legged warriors
Soldiers and civilians flocked to see the freakish and fantastic
Alexander Hamilton's grandson was born to be a great general, but illness intervened
When history travel becomes a reality, visit the small town where the border war got seriously ugly
Surgeons kept temperature, pressure, wind speed, and humidity records—but they didn't know what to do with the data
The dramatic battle for High Bridge only postponed the inevitable.
"Wild Bill" and "Buffalo Bill," each dressed in gray, had a snack while chasing Confederates under Sterling Price
During the Red River Campaign, a Louisiana major kept notes on a newspaper and eventually slipped them to a Rebel general
Confederate Iverson and Yankee Stoneman each hoped to restore a stained reputation
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