They ‘literally ate crow’: How Starving Confederate Troops Made It Home After the Civil War
After Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee's troops began their journeys home
Meet the U.S. Army’s First Black Surgeon: Alexander Augusta
Alexander Augusta swam forward against waves of racism to become the United State Army's first Black surgeon
This House & Barn Survived the Battle of South Mountain. Can It Survive Development?
An earnest local preservation group is fighting to save a battlefield landmark in the Maryland village of Burkittsville – the setting for the horror film, The Blair Witch Project
The War in Their Words: The Allegheny Arsenal Explosion
An eyewitness describes the horrible 1862 Allegheny Arsenal explosion
Think You’re a Gettysburg Fan? Meet the Man Who’s Made It His Life’s Work
A lifelong aficionado of the Civil War, Motts began his career as a battlefield guide at Gettysburg in 1988
In His Words: The Exceptional Life of Union Engineer Gilbert Thompson
Union Engineer Gilbert Thompson documented his service with an illustrated diary
Target Vicksburg: The Union Challenge of Taking the City on the Hill
The Hill City controlled the Mississippi River. Taking it wouldn’t be easy
The Seven Days Campaign — A Turning Point More Important than Antietam?
George B. McClellan, Robert E. Lee, and a watershed campaign
No Rest for Man or Beast: The Brutal Battle of Yellow Tavern
"Six Days of Awful Fighting" shows the chaos and violence of cavalry warfare and its impact on the movements of both Union and Confederate armies leading to the bloodbath at Cold Harbor
The Hard-Luck Regiment of the 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Author Brian Matthew Jordan details the history of the regiment, which survived being decimated at both Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
Some 20,000 Hispanics Fought in the Civil War—Here’s the Story of One Bugler from Mexico City
Years of research reveal the fascinating story of a Union bugler
A Unique Nation? Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era
The central paradox: 19th-century Americans’ unshakable belief in their nation’s exceptionalism, despite its status as the world’s largest slave-owning empire
Man in the Shadows: The Most Important Union Officer You Have Never Heard Of
John Rawlins may be the most important Union officer you have never heard of
Can You Dig it? Archaeologists Take on Culp’s Hill
Archaeologists can’t swing a metal detector without getting a hit
Losing the Lost Cause: An Interview with Retired Army Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule combines history and memoir, reflecting on Confederate memorials and his education in segregated academies
Should Pope be a Punchline?
For starters, there is scant evidence he said that “Headquarters in the Saddle” line
