The Language Misconception of the Antebellum Era
A compound Latin word creates a false impression of the complex prewar decades
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Is a Speech for the Ages
With malice toward none, with charity for all, the president set the nation to the task of reconciliation and freedom
Digging Up History Just Under the Surface
Maryland's archeology honcho keeps tables on the important artifacts discovered during development
Civil War Times Reviews: The Confederacy’s Bid for a Continental Empire
Texans' futile battle for access to gold and Pacific ports
Civil War Artifacts and Oddities for Sale
Want to buy a belt plate? A forage cap? This relic show has them, and more
Chamberlain and Wise: Enemies to the End
The Maine man's attempts at reconciliation were met with the Virginian's everlasting bitterness
Blundering Underlings Betrayed Burnside at Fredericksburg
Plenty of blame to go around for the defeat that cost the Union army 13,000 casualties
Grant at Breakneck Speed
The new mini-series takes a quick look at the Union general’s long road to success
‘For the Quality of Fighting Material, the World Is Our Judge’
An Iron Brigade captain recounts his regiment's epic Gettysburg fight
For the Lack of Horses, the War Was Nearly Lost
Union cavalry's fate hung on the health of its four-legged warriors
When the Soldier’s Toughest Battle Was Against Boredom
'I would rather go there and run the chances of being Shot than Stay here all Summer.'
McClellan: Did He Have the ‘Slows’ or a Supply Crisis?
Though most historians call him a crybaby, documents show Washington deliberately withheld needed matériel
Schuyler Hamilton, Scion of American Heroes, Is a Civil War ‘What If’
Alexander Hamilton's grandson was born to be a great general, but illness intervened
For Your Civil War Buff’s Bucket List: Centralia, Mo.
When history travel becomes a reality, visit the small town where the border war got seriously ugly
