Powell continued to practice medicine as a civilian. More than 180,000 African Americans—some free born, some escaped...
Civil War
To study this forgotten migration is to glimpse a moment in which the American South briefly looked...
The attack was a resounding failure. By Eli WizevichHistory CorrespondentSmithsonian Magazine Two months before the Civil War ended,...
The official death toll was listed at either 119 or 120 individuals. Introduction The New York City draft...
The case against Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, would have been a legal showdown of...
The Civil War was the deadliest military conflict in American history. The technology and brutality foreshadowed the...
The blockade of more than 3,500 miles of Southern coastline consumed most of the navy’s assets. Introduction...
Consequently, it proved a failure for the Confederacy, as the strategy did not succeed. Introduction “King Cotton”...
There was one – and only one – central reason the Civil War happened. Introduction The U.S....
The existence of soldier-women was no secret during or after the Civil War. It is an accepted...
This regiment was composed of Confederate prisoners of war who had taken the oath of allegiance to...
Black South Carolinians sought justice in this 54-foot-long petition. In the wake of emancipation during the Civil...
The Union clearly understood that controlling railroad logistics could provide the key to winning the war. Introduction...
How the speech’s meaning was recast from democracy to equality. Introduction During the Cold War agents of...
Grant left a legacy of fighting for the rights of enslaved people during and after the Civil...
The Civil War severely tested the established patterns of civil–military relations. Introduction The particulars of your plans...
Throughout the antebellum era nationalist spokesmen demanded a centralization of the federal courts. Assessing the impact of...
Nothing brings to life another era like the chance to handle, wear, or wield the physical objects...
Examining just how far he stirred hearts and minds at home and abroad. Introduction Abraham Lincoln yearned...
The Civil War experiences of black sailors overlapped with and diverged from those of white sailors. Given...
Sherman knew that wars are part of human nature and are unavoidably cruel and harsh. Introduction It...
In April 1863, Federal ironclads and shore batteries began a bombardment of Fort Moultrie. Introduction Fort Moultrie is...
Named after General Thomas Sumter, a Revolutionary War hero, Fort Sumter was built after the 1814 Burning...
Appomattox led to the collapse of the Confederate government and the beginning of systematic “Reconstruction”. April 9th,...
Confederate paper money was a promise to exchange the bill for gold or silver, but only after...
Several of our most prestigious army posts actually honor the enemy. I grew up with a series...
Few leaders examined the South in terms of its military geography or concentrated on a strategy to...
Why did it take the North so long to build an effective cavalry during the Civil War?...
Grant’s speedy acceptance of Belknap’s resignation undoubtedly saved him from conviction. Introduction William Worth Belknap (September 22,...
He started as a hero and ended as “the impersonation of the tyrannical slave power.” On April...