Cornfield Fight Hinged on Leadership and Communication
Union possession of the most important ground on the Antietam battlefield came only after critical errors
Vicksburg: Where Grant Learned How to Win the War
An little-discussed factor was the social revolution that preceded Vicksburg's surrender—the destruction of the plantation oligarchy and the liberation of 100,000 slaves
Pickett’s Charge Hit Where It Was Aiming
Lee's orders to Longstreet were to strike the Union line on the open slope of Cemetery Ridge (but Yankee guns interfered)
Insight: How Hollywood Portrays Lincoln and His Commitment to Emancipation
Films from 2012 are relevant to continuing conceptions of the Civil War
118 Overlooked Ohio Gunners Made a Difference at Gettysburg
A volunteer battery’s resolve on July 1, 1863, merits more attention. It helped secure the Union victory
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
A Mother’s Sacrifice: Four Sons Die for the Sake of the Union
Mother Agnes Allison is remembered with an impressive zinc monument on a hilltop above Port Carbon, Pennsylvania
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
The Language Misconception of the Antebellum Era
A compound Latin word creates a false impression of the complex prewar decades
Digging Up History Just Under the Surface
Maryland's archeology honcho keeps tables on the important artifacts discovered during development
Civil War Times Reviews: The Confederacy’s Bid for a Continental Empire
Texans' futile battle for access to gold and Pacific ports
