America’s Civil War Film Review: Hollywood Creates a Convincing Hero in “Harriet”
Underground Railroad's "Moses" is portrayed with determination and courage
Albert Sidney Johnston: Too Little, Too Late to Win the Western War
The general expected to save the Confederate heartland made a series of poor tactical and strategic decisions
Vicksburg: The Campaign That Confirmed Grant’s Greatness
Obscure Union general learns that only hard, long fighting and logistics will win the war
Dorsey Pender’s July 1 Attack on Seminary Ridge Helped Inspire Pickett’s Charge
Lee was impressed by the young major general's success in pushing Union troops through Gettysburg
Rambling: Suburban Sprawl Is Destroying the Stones River Battlefield
An Afghan War veteran laments the disappearance of hallowed landscape
The Battle of Orange Court House: Mounted Mayhem in the Streets
Much-maligned Yankee cavalry finally got the best of its Confederate rivals
Unknown Civil War Dead Are Nameless No Longer
Volunteers struggle to identify occupants of anonymous graves at Fredericksburg
Washington’s Survival Depended on Makeshift Flotilla
Small force of Navy ships battled Confederate guns to keep the Potomac open for traffic
How Capital Cannons Protected the Endangered District of Columbia
To protect Washington from surrounding Southerners, Maj. John Barnard built a network of forts and gun emplacements. It was only tested once.
Losing His Legs to a Landmine Changed Professor’s Life
After sharing Nobel Prize, Ken Rutherford wrote a history of Civil War explosive devices
Man in Black’s Death at Pea Ridge Dooms Southern Prospects in Trans-Mississippi
Flamboyant Texan Ben McCulloch was the best leader the Confederates had in Arkansas
Desperate Showdown on the Eve of Antietam: Trailside Visits South Mountain, Md.
McClellan's and Lee's armies fought three battles in one day to gain control passes east of Sharpsburg
Junction of War: A Trailside Visit to Jackson, Tenn.
North and South wrestled for control of this important crossroads
‘All Is Still As Death For Miles and Miles…’
The Civil War was an environmental catastrophe for the Confederacy and loyal states where armies fought and encamped
Rambling: Past and Present Come Alive in Annual Resaca Reenactment
Civil War buffs descend on small Georgia town for part-country fair, part history lesson
