ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Colonial New England Got Filthy Rich Off the Slave Trade
For a century and a half, wealthy northerners built their fortunes off sugar, rum, and human misery
In the Confederacy’s Last Days, Two Texans Face Off in Futile Feud
Confederate officers' wounded pride leads to fury, insults, and senseless murder
John Trumbull: Artist of the Revolutionary Generation
American painting style grew out of heroic scenes, martyrs' deaths, and massive historic murals
General John Stark: A Patriot Who Rose Above Rank
Overlooking a studied insult by Congress, John Stark rallied to the Patriot cause at Bennington in 1777
Rufus King: Popular General Whose Career Was Stigmatized by Illness
Accused of drunkenness at Second Bull Run even though evidence showed he suffered multiple epileptic seizures
Civil War Times Book Review: Vicksburg, the Turning Point of the War
Grant learns from his mistakes and finds comrades in command in Porter and Sherman
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Would War or Weather Determine Control of Samoa?
When America flexed its imperial muscles in the South Pacific, a literal typhoon got in the way
Book Review: Eanger Irving Couse
Virginia Couse Leavitt reveals her grandfather Eanger Couse, famed for his Southwest landscapes and Indian portraits
Fatal Sabbath: A Confederate Veteran’s Memoir of Chickamauga
Nearly five decades after the war, Southern officer remembers the confrontation that led to Federal retreat
Hooray for … Ithaca? Upstate New York Town Enjoyed a Spell as Tinseltown East
Known for waterfalls, gorges, and Cornell University, Cayuga locale was perfect for silent movie 'cliffhangers'
Book Review: Texas Women and Ranching
Editors Deborah Liles and Cecilia Venable profile ranch women who made their mark on the Texas cattle frontier
The Forgotten Four Hills That Decided the Fight at Gettysburg
Want to see where the battle was won? Visit the high ground on the Union right
What Happened to Riches Filched from Fredericksburg?
Precious household goods and objets d'art disappeared after Yankees plundered the city. Some pieces were returned.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Liberia Was an Experiment Born From Fear and Ambition
Coalition of slaveholders and conservative abolitionists offered black Americans a land of 'liberty'
