Correcting the record: It took years for the first female chaplain to get what she was due.
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The Time the US Actually Welcomed a Russian Blockade—During the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln and Russia’s Czar Alexander II formed an unusual,
but crucial, wartime alliance.
Nurses, Activists, Soldiers, Spies: Women’s Roles During the Civil War
Women didn’t just stay on the homefront in the American Civil War. They played a variety of roles.
Book Review: The Age of Astonishment / John Morris in the Miracle Century—From the Civil War to the Cold War
Journalist Bill Morris on his grandfather’s life in an age of change.
INTERVIEW: Elizabeth Leonard / The Civil War General Known as ‘The Beast’
Ben Butler was a brilliant strategist — and a civil rights leader, says the author of a new biography.
Mustache Madness: The Battle of Civil War Beards
The Civil War’s One Shining Moment?
Songs of 1865: How the Various Parties to the Civil War Saw the Struggle’s End
Historian S.C. (Sam) Gwynne’s “Hymns of the Republic” looks at the Civil War’s final year from multiple perspectives.
Target Acquired: Downtown Nashville is a Bullseye for Overlooked Civil War History
Early on a Friday evening in Nashville, I stand in the bullseye of history […]
LEAVE THEM STANDING: Confederate monuments must remain at Gettysburg to help interpret the Civil War’s causes and consequences
Prominent historian Gary W. Gallagher argues how Confederate monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield can serve as invaluable teaching tools.
Interview: Edward L. Ayers / Civil War Historian
Ayers argues that America should acknowledge the importance of emancipation with a national holiday.