‘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
Explore Antietam: A Bucolic Setting for a Bloody Day
A few of our favorite locations on the war's most gory single-day battlefield
How Civil War Weather Forecasting Changed Future Conflicts
Surgeons kept temperature, pressure, wind speed, and humidity records—but they didn't know what to do with the data
The Complex Legacy of Appomattox
The surrender at Appomattox Court House has been remembered—and misremembered—from the day the Army of Northern Virginia laid down its arms.
Future Wild West Stars Meet While Serving as Union Spies in Missouri
"Wild Bill" and "Buffalo Bill," each dressed in gray, had a snack while chasing Confederates under Sterling Price
Designing War
America's burgeoning industrial capacity inspired numerous military inventions
Riverboat Espionage: How a Confederate Officer Spied From the Decks of a Prison Ship
During the Red River Campaign, a Louisiana major kept notes on a newspaper and eventually slipped them to a Rebel general
Eastern Theater Outcasts Battle for Redemption Near Atlanta
Confederate Iverson and Yankee Stoneman each hoped to restore a stained reputation
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Is a Speech for the Ages
With malice toward none, with charity toward all, the president seeks to binds the wounds of the nation
