Civil War Petersburg: Confederate City in the Crucible of War by A. Wilson Greene […]
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Capitol Crimes: Congressional Violence in Civil War Run-Up
Political polarization turned bloody as Northerners and Southerners fought over slavery.
The Lincoln Legacy: A Civil War Times Interview
Historians James M. MCPherson and Peter S. Carmichael discuss Abraham Lincoln’s lasting effect on national unity, federal and presidential power and the American mind.
Civil Liberties v. National Security: The Long Shadow of the Civil War
Controversial questions over the assumption of war powers and the denial of civil rights that arose from 1861 to 1865 are every bit as potent and prevalent today.
CWT Book Review: African American Soldier in the Civil War
African American Soldier in the Civil War: USCT 1862-66 by Mark Lardas, Osprey Publishing, […]
Taking a Stand for Our Civil War History
While in Tennessee for a wedding in 2000, Congressman Gary Miller (R-CA) decided to […]
Busted! A dedicated FBI agent rescued treasured Civil War artifacts from thieves, swindlers, and unscrupulous collectors
Over an illustrious 20-year career, FBI agent Robert K. Wittman recovered an estimated $300 million worth of stolen artworks and historical relics. Notably, these included many precious Civil War artifacts which preserve for all of us the memory of America’s greatest struggle.
The Man Who Almost Beat the Wrights Into the Air
More than 100 years ago, Samuel Langley’s team of specialists from the Smithsonian Institution proved to a small group of astonished observers that powered flight was possible. But they still had to prove that their Aerodrome could safely carry a man into the sky.
America’s Civil War Open Fire- September 2008
Grave robbers desecrate and loot Fort Craig, N.M., cemetery Last year, federal archaeologists exhumed […]
Interview with Gary Gallagher: Hollywood Interprets the Civil War
Gary W. Gallagher is a professor at the University of Virginia and a noted […]