
Deep Blue in a Reb State
Martinsburg’s unionist passion was so unshakable, confederates resorted to calling the key western Virginia town ‘little Massachusetts
Martinsburg’s unionist passion was so unshakable, confederates resorted to calling the key western Virginia town ‘little Massachusetts
The Billinghurst Requa Battery, a breechloading gun, consisted of 25 horizontally arrayed barrels and required a crew of three to work it.
In June 1864 two of the Civil War’s fiercest cavalry commanders faced off at Trevilian Station, Virginia.
One observer wrote in 1861, "it almost broke my heart to see the soldiers bring armfuls of bacon and hams and throw them down upon the floor of the marble room."
At Gettysburg’s 1888 grand reunion, Confederate outcast James Longstreet turned man of the hour. but his memory tour was nearly fatal
Former schoolteacher finds a fitting home as one of John Hunt Morgan’s vaunted Cavalry raiders
Hoping to smash the entire Union Navy, the Confederacy tried to buy the most lethal fleet afloat
As Grant focused on taking Vicksburg, he found compassion to combat a contraband crisis
A headless corpse, a slave cemetery, and a kamikaze insect make for a lively Civil War-themed bike ride
The soldiers of governor Andrew Curtin’s unique Pennsylvania reserves division were some of the best fighters in the army of the Potomac
Mosby’s Rangers had a raucous 1864 Independence Day at Point of Rocks, Md.