Several of our most prestigious army posts actually honor the enemy. I grew up with a series...
American Civil War
The American Civil War grew from the conflict over slavery and secession, remaking the United States through immense destruction, emancipation, constitutional change, and the unfinished promises of Reconstruction.
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...
We are still living with the bitter consequences of his wife’s revisionist narrative today. George Pickett –...
Secession and the Civil War were about slavery and race. Introduction In his second inaugural address, Abraham...
John Brown first became a nationally known figure in 1856 through his actions in the Kansas Territory,...
From the beginning of the war, Merrick was suspected of disloyalty. The American Civil War was not...
Not until sixteen months after Appomattox, on August 20, 1866, did the President formally declare an end...
His story represents the lives of many African American leaders who remain in the shadows of history...
Why did Americans fight each other with a ferocity unmatched in the Western world? The Civil War...
The federal government was able to spur innovation to meet the needs of the crisis. Introduction The...
The victory provided a renewed strength of the U.S. government and allowed shifting resources to fight external...
The Lincoln administration understood that it would be unwise to risk a possible armed conflict while already...
Examining the initial fractures, course, and ultimate resolution of the Civil War that divided the nation. Decade...
Taking a look at some of the key figures who played important roles during one of our...
Each state had to figure out how the men at the front would submit their votes. Some...
Lincoln was presiding over a bloody civil war with waning popularity. But he steadfastly rejected pleas to...
There is much to be proud of in American history, but there are other things, other shadows,...
An unusually civil armistice in the most punishing conflict ever fought on American soil. One hundred and...
The loudest booms people had ever heard and the powerful stench of death on a staggering scale....
The Northern victory was short lived — Southern ideals spread quickly to the West. By Bill Moyers...
Raised in plantation privilege, Mary Boykin Chestnut was unprepared for the trauma of war and defeat. “February...
White southerners looked to contemporary European nationalist movements and compared the South to aspiring nations abroad. The...
A number of issues were involved in the Civil War, all inextricably bound to the institution of...
They created self-contained enclaves characterized by a southern Protestantism in sharp contrast to Mexican Catholicism. The defeat...
After winning the Civil War and living in the White House, he decided to see the world....
Slavery was abolished over 150 years ago in the United States, but the hard work of achieving...
The Civil War divided Americans into two kinds of people. David W. Blight tells an amazing story...