Oliver Otis Howard: Westward, Christian Soldier
General O.O. Howard found grace and lost an arm during the Civil War before heading west to confront Apache leader Cochise and Nez Perce Chief Joseph
Marketing Abraham Lincoln to the Masses
The President’s faithful secretaries led a crusade to preserve his place in history
Breaking the Blockade Review: The Bahamas During the Civil War
During its heyday, blockade running was a systematic and, for many, a lucrative operation run by a cartel of industrious merchant princes
The Last Surviving Widow of the Civil War
A Missouri woman sacrificed much of her own life to help an aged Union veteran
Cold Harbor Coda
The Second Battle of Haw’s Shop gave the Union Army a needed reprieve during the unabated slaughter of June 3, 1864
Relics and Graves of the Civil War
You don’t have to look far to find traces of Patrick Cleburne in Tennessee
Floating Fire: The 1861 Barrage of Fort Sumter
A monstrous Confederate contrivance joined the April 1861 barrage of Fort Sumter
Regulating Venus
Faced with a rampant prostitution crisis in Nashville, the U.S. Army tried a bold social experiment
‘Fighting Joe’: Do We Owe the Moniker ‘Hookers’ to the Union General?
“Fighting Joe” really put to the test the motto “I ain't here for a long time, I'm here for a good time"
Decades-Long Mystery Surrounding Harriet Tubman’s Maryland Home Solved, Archaeologists Say
“We couldn’t understand why we weren’t finding anything. It was like, ‘Where is this place?’”
‘Our Prisoners’: A Journalist Reports on Andersonville
The atrocities, the Times said, “would make the blood of a cannibal run cold”
Planning for a Victorious South
'Colossal Ambitions' examines Confederate expectations for a place as a global power—with slavery
General Isaac C.M. Bassett: The Brevet Brigadier who Rushed the Enemy
Bassett picked up the regiment’s colors and cried to his men, 'Follow me,' then rushed and planted the colors on the enemy position.
‘Daring Beyond Precedent’: One Union Officer’s Bravery at Shepherdstown
A Union officer’s heroism at Shepherdstown awed both friend and foe
Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair Stolen — Threatened to be Turned Into Toilet if Ransom Demands Not Met
A group called White Lies Matter is taking credit for the theft
Interview: Preserving Authentic Experiences
Since 2018 the American Battlefield Trust has raised $240 million and preserved nearly 45,000 acres of battlefield
