



Insight: How Hollywood Portrays Lincoln and His Commitment to Emancipation
Films from 2012 are relevant to continuing conceptions of the Civil War

Marcellus Crocker: Grant’s Hammer in the Western Theater
Marcellus M. Crocker was on his way to high command until a terrible disease ended his military career


Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Is a Speech for the Ages
In his remarkable address, the president argued that the Civil War was God's judgment on America for the evil of slavery and that every means, no matter how how horrific, must be used to root it out


Grant at Breakneck Speed
The new mini-series takes a quick look at the Union general’s long road to success

McClellan: Did He Have the ‘Slows’ or a Supply Crisis?
Though most historians call him a crybaby, documents show Washington deliberately withheld needed matériel

Schuyler Hamilton, Scion of American Heroes, Is a Civil War ‘What If’
Alexander Hamilton's grandson was born to be a great general, but illness intervened

For Your Civil War Buff’s Bucket List: Centralia, Mo.
When history travel becomes a reality, visit the small town where the border war got seriously ugly

The Complex Legacy of Appomattox
The surrender at Appomattox Court House has been remembered—and misremembered—from the day the Army of Northern Virginia laid down its arms.

Future Wild West Stars Meet While Serving as Union Spies in Missouri
"Wild Bill" and "Buffalo Bill," each dressed in gray, had a snack while chasing Confederates under Sterling Price

Riverboat Espionage: How a Confederate Officer Spied From the Decks of a Prison Ship
During the Red River Campaign, a Louisiana major kept notes on a newspaper and eventually slipped them to a Rebel general

Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Is a Speech for the Ages
With malice toward none, with charity toward all, the president sought to bind the wounds of the nation

Civil War Times Review: Lincoln Administration’s Troubleshooter
Charles A. Dana went wherever he was needed to act as Stanton's spy