Rambling: Suburban Sprawl Is Destroying the Stones River Battlefield
An Afghan War veteran laments the disappearance of hallowed landscape
Insight: A Historian Explains How Republicans Misjudged the Threat of Secession
David M. Potter's scholarship explains how the North saw Southern rhetoric as 'crying wolf'
Civil War Veterans’ Shocking Souvenirs—Bullets in Their Bodies
Decades after soldiers were wounded, bits of lead showed up in X-rays, or simply appeared
How Stonewall Jackson’s Death Sites Became Tourist Attractions
Confederate veterans created shrines to memorialize the general and attract travelers' dollars
Peril on the Potomac: The Sinking of Black Diamond
Dozens die as troop transport collides with barge hunting for John Wilkes Booth
America’s Civil War Book Reviews: The Role of Rangers in the Civil War
The latest books on the Civil War
Explore the Haunting Remnants of Civil War Prisons
As the conflict went on, conditions for captives became more and more inhumane
The Battle of Orange Court House: Mounted Mayhem in the Streets
Much-maligned Yankee cavalry finally got the best of its Confederate rivals
Ex-Rebel Cullen Baker Was a Post-War Murdering Madman
After the Civil War many dispirited Southerners rallied around Cullen Baker, a cold-blooded Arkansas killer they propped up as a defiant ex-Rebel who continued to champion the Lost Cause.
Appomattox Apple Tree Yields Prize for Winner’s Wife
Exquisite jewelry carved in the shape of acorns presented to Julia Dent Grant
Field Notes: New Home for Dallas Robert E. Lee Statue
News From the Civil War Community
Audiobook Review: When the Irish Invaded Canada by Christopher Klein
Christopher Klein recounts how Civil War veterans blustered themselves into believing that kidnapping Canada would impel Britain to free Ireland
Insight: Sheridan’s Four-Star Success Was Part Bravery, Part Cavalry, and Part Math
He rallied the troops at Cedar Creek, but he was prone to tactical lapses and claimed credit due others
The Trouble With Treason: Prosecuting Jefferson Davis
The Confederate president's trial was bungled from beginning to end
Unknown Civil War Dead Are Nameless No Longer
Volunteers struggle to identify occupants of anonymous graves at Fredericksburg
