Why did it take the North so long to build an effective cavalry during the Civil War?...
Civil War
The white planters wanted to drive freedmen out of Memphis and back to plantations, to support cotton...
Grant’s speedy acceptance of Belknap’s resignation undoubtedly saved him from conviction. Introduction William Worth Belknap (September 22,...
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...
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....
African Americans gained political power yet faced the backlash of white supremacy and racial violence. Introduction I’ll...
Raised in plantation privilege, Mary Boykin Chestnut was unprepared for the trauma of war and defeat. “February...
After the Civil War, touring groups of black college singers popularized slavery-era songs, giving rise to a...
Amos Lawrence backed abolitionist pioneers in the town that bears his name. On May 24, 1854, Anthony...
As the South Carolina city prepared to break from the Union, its people swung between nostalgia and...
A number of issues were involved in the Civil War, all inextricably bound to the institution of...
Insights into the lives of African Americans at Arlington and other plantations in the Upper South before...
They created self-contained enclaves characterized by a southern Protestantism in sharp contrast to Mexican Catholicism. The defeat...
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...
Lincoln expertly managed leading politicians, related well with the people, and dealt clearly with the military. Introduction...