Cornfield Fight Hinged on Leadership and Communication
Union possession of the most important ground on the Antietam battlefield came only after critical errors
Pickett’s Charge Hit Where It Was Aiming
Lee's orders to Longstreet were to strike the Union line on the open slope of Cemetery Ridge (but Yankee guns interfered)
118 Overlooked Ohio Gunners Made a Difference at Gettysburg
A volunteer battery’s resolve on July 1, 1863, merits more attention. It helped secure the Union victory
A Mother’s Sacrifice: Four Sons Die for the Sake of the Union
Mother Agnes Allison is remembered with an impressive zinc monument on a hilltop above Port Carbon, Pennsylvania
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Is a Speech for the Ages
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
Blundering Underlings Betrayed Burnside at Fredericksburg
Plenty of blame to go around for the defeat that cost the Union army 13,000 casualties
Grant at Breakneck Speed
The new mini-series takes a quick look at the Union general’s long road to success
For the Lack of Horses, the War Was Nearly Lost
Union cavalry's fate hung on the health of its four-legged warriors
Civil War Circuses Beloved by Blue and Gray Audiences
Soldiers and civilians flocked to see the freakish and fantastic
Schuyler Hamilton, Scion of American Heroes, Is a Civil War ‘What If’
Alexander Hamilton's grandson was born to be a great general, but illness intervened
For Your Civil War Buff’s Bucket List: Centralia, Mo.
When history travel becomes a reality, visit the small town where the border war got seriously ugly
How Civil War Weather Forecasting Changed Future Conflicts
Surgeons kept temperature, pressure, wind speed, and humidity records—but they didn't know what to do with the data
Rebels on the Run
The dramatic battle for High Bridge only postponed the inevitable.
