Albert Sidney Johnston: Too Little, Too Late to Win the Western War
The general expected to save the Confederate heartland made a series of poor tactical and strategic decisions
The Trick to Maintaining America’s Treasures: Training Skilled Artisans
National Park Service program helps preserve historic structures and monuments
Rambling: Suburban Sprawl Is Destroying the Stones River Battlefield
An Afghan War veteran laments the disappearance of hallowed landscape
Insight: A Historian Explains How Republicans Misjudged the Threat of Secession
David M. Potter's scholarship explains how the North saw Southern rhetoric as 'crying wolf'
How Stonewall Jackson’s Death Site Became a Tourist Attraction
Confederate veterans created shrines to memorialize the general and attract travelers' dollars
America’s Civil War Book Reviews: The Role of Rangers in the Civil War
The latest books on the Civil War
Explore the Haunting Remnants of Civil War Prisons
As the conflict went on, conditions for captives became more and more inhumane
The Battle of Orange Court House: Mounted Mayhem in the Streets
Much-maligned Yankee cavalry finally got the best of its Confederate rivals
Field Notes: New Home for Dallas Robert E. Lee Statue
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Insight: Sheridan’s Four-Star Success Was Part Bravery, Part Cavalry, and Part Math
He rallied the troops at Cedar Creek, but he was prone to tactical lapses and claimed credit due others
The Trouble With Treason: Prosecuting Jefferson Davis
The Confederate president's trial was bungled from beginning to end
Marines Were on the Front Lines the Night Lincoln Was Shot
Leathernecks witnessed the assassination and played a role in the roundup of the conspirators
Washington’s Survival Depended on Makeshift Flotilla
Small force of Navy ships battled Confederate guns to keep the Potomac open for traffic
Losing His Legs to a Landmine Changed Professor’s Life
After sharing Nobel Prize, Ken Rutherford wrote a history of Civil War explosive devices
Did General Discord Undermine the Union Army’s 1862 Maryland Campaign?
New look at sources erodes story about commanders' infighting contributing to Lee's escape
Is Civil War History Losing Ground?
While park visits are down, other measures of interest indicate the field is thriving
