Book Review: Texas Women and Ranching
Editors Deborah Liles and Cecilia Venable profile ranch women who made their mark on the Texas cattle frontier
The Forgotten Four Hills That Decided the Fight at Gettysburg
Want to see where the battle was won? Visit the high ground on the Union right
What Happened to Riches Filched from Fredericksburg?
Precious household goods and objets d'art disappeared after Yankees plundered the city. Some pieces were returned.
America’s Civil War Film Review: Hollywood Creates a Convincing Hero in “Harriet”
Underground Railroad's "Moses" is portrayed with determination and courage
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Liberia Was an Experiment Born From Fear and Ambition
Coalition of slaveholders and conservative abolitionists offered black Americans a land of 'liberty'
Book Review: Cripple Creek, Bob Womack and the Greatest Gold Camp on Earth
Linda Wommack traces the role her great-grand-uncle Bob Womack played in the rise of Colorado's famed Cripple Creek mining district
Field Notes: African-American Civil War Museum to Expand
News from the Civil War community
This Week in History: The Capture of the Notorious Blackbeard the Pirate
On November 22, 1718, infamous Blackbeard the Pirate meets his bloody end in North Carolina after a long career of murdering, thieving and pillaging.
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
Walt Whitman Celebrated Himself, and Made Sure the Public Knew It
Obscure poet ginned up fake reviews, posed for sexy photos, and used a private Emerson quote as a blurb
Book Review: The Black Legend
Doug Hocking reviews the circumstances and figures involved in the Bascom Affair, a catalyst of the 19th-century Apache wars
Confederate Ironclad Albemarle’s Designer Was a Teenager
Gilbert Elliott was only 19 when he oversaw construction of the fearsome warship
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
