
Blog Roll: The Country Boys of the Civil War
The rough-hewn 3rd Arkansas made its presence felt in the Eastern Theater
The rough-hewn 3rd Arkansas made its presence felt in the Eastern Theater
No general experienced a greater turnaround in nicknames than Robert E. Lee
Alexander Mikaberidze tackles not just the campaigns and battles, but the military, political, social and cultural changes the conflict wrought
From his studio in southern Utah the artist has long rendered award-winning sculptures
A common farmer from Virginia and a millionaire general from new York transcended the horrors of the wilderness through simple acts of decency
Sheridan reversed a potential Confederate victory and permanently restored the Valley of Virginia to the Union. How did he succeed?
The Gardner cartridge was expedient to manufacture, but proved fragile
New Mexico journalist Howard Bryan authored these true tales of figures from that state's Las Vegas, available here as an audio book
Readers share dispatches about shotgun messengers on the Deadwood Stage, saloon swinging doors and desperado Pete Spence
Judy Alter chronicles the efforts, sometimes competing, of two determined Texan women to preserve San Antonio's iconic Alamo
When political parties' fight for power turns violent, the only man capable of restoring order was the defender of Little Round Top
For more than 50 years the town of Nicodemus, Kansas, beat the odds and its harsh surroundings to provide opportunity for former slaves and their descendants
A tense interaction between green soldiers and agitated civilians results in murder
A Kilkenny farmer's son executed America's most revered neoclassical building and rebuilt it after British invasion
Chris Enss relates the contribution of Western states toward American women's right to vote
In Mark Thompson's re-evaluation John Burgoyne emerges as an important architect of Britain’s victory over Napoléonic France