A Brave New World? Confederate Planning for a Post-Civil War
A detailed look at the world that Confederate politicians and planners imagined would exist in the wake of a Southern victory in the Civil War
Several Crucial Strategies that Shaped the 1862 Seven Days Campaign
A handful of critical decisions altered the course of the 1862 Seven Days Campaign
Indian Campaigns Medal of Honor Recipient To Be Laid to Rest Today
The remains of Sgt. Robert McPhelan were found in a section of the cemetery that was reserved for paupers or unclaimed bodies
Pomp and Circumstance in the Civil War
War was still a bloodless adventure when these rare camp images were taken
Nation’s Largest Confederate Memorial, Stone Mountain, to Get New Exhibit Explaining the Site’s ‘whole story’
The exhibit is being developed by "credible and well-established historians… to tell the warts-and-all history of the Stone Mountain carving"
‘The Mysteries of Abraham Lincoln’ Review
Both Summoned to Glory and Abe are worthy recent additions to a catalog of more than 10,000 books that have sought to unravel the mysteries of Abraham Lincoln
Lasting Void: The Death of General Albert Sidney Johnston
The Western Confederate Army never recovered from Albert Sidney Johnston’s April 1862 death at Shiloh
Interrupted Sentiments: The Lost Letters of Civil War Soldiers
The incredible story of thousands of soldier photographs and letters that never made it home
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
