The Queen’s Gambit, Civil War Style
Even in the digital age, Civil War board gaming remains a popular pastime
A Prime Accoutrement: The Cap Box
Cap boxes were deceptively intricate, essential pieces of gear
Union Troopers with a Southern Twang
Alabama cavalrymen spearheaded General Sherman’s March to the Sea
Escape Was Hopeless: A Stonewall Brigade Captain at Gettysburg
A Stonewall Brigade captain recounts the savage July 3, 1863, fight for Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg
Several Crucial Strategies that Shaped the 1862 Seven Days Campaign
A handful of critical decisions altered the course of the 1862 Seven Days Campaign
Interrupted Sentiments: The Lost Letters of Civil War Soldiers
The incredible story of thousands of soldier photographs and letters that never made it home
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
