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General Milton Smith Littlefield

Civil War Hero Milton Littlefield Turned to a Life of Crime

by Frank Jastrzembski11/20/202311/16/2023

The Union general was praised for his leadership at Fort Wagner, but his postwar activities included larceny and embezzlement.

Middle Bridge over Antietam Creek

Captain Hiram Dryer’s Resolve at Antietam Could Have Sparked an Early Union Victory

by D. Scott Hartwig10/23/202310/25/2023

Joshua Chamberlain on horseback

This Son of Maine Was Much More Than a Civil War Hero

by Dave Kindy10/16/202310/5/2023

Union troops foraging

John Pope Brought a Harder Edge to the Eastern Theater By Taking the War to the Civilian Population

by Gary W. Gallagher9/7/20238/4/2023

Grant in camp at Cold Harbor

‘Soldier of Destiny’: A Detailed View of Grant as an Evolving Soul

by Dave Kindy8/3/20238/3/2023

George McClellan

Mending the McClellan Myth

by Christopher Howland6/26/20238/20/2023

Ulysses S. Grant in military uniform, 1847

Ulysses S. Grant’s Humble Midwestern Roots

by Gordon Berg3/31/20233/31/2023

15th Corps at Arkansas Post

Eager For a New Take on the Civil War? A Historian Explores the Gritty Fighting Culture of Sherman’s Troops

by Christopher Howland2/23/20232/23/2023

Cannon at Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff

Could the Bermuda Hundred Campaign Have Ended the Civil War Earlier?

by Sean Michael Chick12/5/202212/5/2022

Major General Grenville Dodge

The Civil War’s Most Interesting General

by Judith Wilmot11/29/20224/19/2023