Breaking the Blockade Review: The Bahamas During the Civil War
During its heyday, blockade running was a systematic and, for many, a lucrative operation run by a cartel of industrious merchant princes
The Last Surviving Widow of the Civil War
A Missouri woman sacrificed much of her own life to help an aged Union veteran
Relics and Graves of the Civil War
You don’t have to look far to find traces of Patrick Cleburne in Tennessee
Regulating Venus
Faced with a rampant prostitution crisis in Nashville, the U.S. Army tried a bold social experiment
Interview: Preserving Authentic Experiences
Since 2018 the American Battlefield Trust has raised $240 million and preserved nearly 45,000 acres of battlefield
‘Old Brains’ and ‘Granny Lee’: Civil War Soldiers Often Gave Their Generals Pointed Nicknames
No general experienced a greater turnaround in nicknames than Robert E. Lee
Haste Makes Waste
The Gardner cartridge was expedient to manufacture, but proved fragile
‘Shoot and be Damned’
A tense interaction between green soldiers and agitated civilians results in murder
Citizen Soldiers of the Civil War
Three Volunteers from the same region of Pennsylvania experienced the war in very different ways
Kill Zone: Union Artillery at the Battle of Stones River
Union artillery at the Battle of Stones River shredded Confederate attacks on January 2, 1863
New National Museum of the U.S. Army Opens at Virginia’s Fort Belvoir
After two decades of planning, fundraising, and construction, the National Museum of the United States Army finally opened
Death Valley and Ridges
The rolling terrain near Perryville, KY., played host to a critical October 1862 battle
Active Participants: African Americans and the Reconstruction of Democracy in America
A landmark study gave African Americans credit for being important actors in their freedom quest
Texas Tough: The Rough and Ready William “Howdy” Martin
William “Howdy” Martin exemplified the officers who kept rough hewn soldiers ready to fight
How a New York Dentist Developed a Unique “Volley Gun”
The Billinghurst Requa Battery, a breechloading gun, consisted of 25 horizontally arrayed barrels and required a crew of three to work it.
