Lessons from the Battle of Cedar Creek, 1864
Sheridan reversed a potential Confederate victory and permanently restored the Valley of Virginia to the Union. How did he succeed?
Maine’s Greatest War Hero Faces Down Another Insurrection
When political parties' fight for power turns violent, the only man capable of restoring order was the defender of Little Round Top
‘Shoot and be Damned’
A tense interaction between green soldiers and agitated civilians results in murder
Citizen Soldiers of the Civil War
Three Volunteers from the same region of Pennsylvania experienced the war in very different ways
Elizabeth Keckly: The Black Woman Who Became a Part of the Lincoln Family
Mary Todd Lincoln's closest confidante was a seamstress born in slavery
The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 Cited in Latest Legal Action Against Capitol Agitators
House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), cited the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to pursue legal action aimed at those who participated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol
How a New York Dentist Developed a Unique “Volley Gun”
The Billinghurst Requa Battery, a breechloading gun, consisted of 25 horizontally arrayed barrels and required a crew of three to work it.
‘Humanity Forbade Them to Starve’: Grant at Vicksburg
As Grant focused on taking Vicksburg, he found compassion to combat a contraband crisis
Gen. Lee’s Statue to be Removed from the Capitol—One Historian Argues Gen. Marshall Should Replace Him
"If anyone should be standing at the elbow of George Washington in the United States Capitol Statuary Hall collection, it should be Marshall.”
‘As He Lived For Others, So Did He Die’: Beloved Union General Israel Richardson Cut Down at Antietam
Confederate shell fire cut down revered Union General Israel Richardson at the Battle of Antietam
Lincoln’s Man in Liverpool
Thomas Haines Dudley and the Union’s most successful spy ring
Brazen Beards of the Civil War
Fashion trends come and go, but Civil War beards are forever.
Cloaked Vengeance: George Pickett and the Hanging of Union Prisoners
What was a bitter George Pickett thinking when he ordered the hanging of Union prisoners at Kinston, N.C., in 1864?
Painter at War: Winslow Homer’s Civil War Art
In 1861, Harper’s Weekly sent future master painter Winslow Homer to cover the Civil War. View our online gallery of some of his wartime artwork
Where was ‘Little Phil’?
Few things vex historians more than conflicting testimony from witnesses to the same event
