Was Pickett’s Charge Lee’s best chance for winning Gettysburg? Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg on […]
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Civil War Times- Letter from the Editor August 2012
The Lost Hero Ulysses S. Grant’s tomb sits in Riverside Park overlooking the Hudson […]
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Interview: J. David Hacker / An Awful Tally Goes Higher
In December 2011, J. David Hacker, a professor of history at SUNY–Binghamton, made headlines […]
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Blue and Gray: ‘The Plain Folk’s Pioneer’ Reframed History
Historian Bell I. Wiley invented the genre of soldier studies. Bell Irvin Wiley (1906-1980) […]
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Past and Present- CWT August 2012
Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office Unveiled On April 12, the centennial of Clara Barton’s […]
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Daily Quiz for July 31, 2017
The earliest Women’s Day observance was held on February 28, 1909, in this city.
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Battle of Kernstown: Stonewall Jackson’s Only Defeat
A furious Stonewall Jackson watched impotently as his proud Confederates stumbled down the hillside at Kernstown, Va. ‘Give them the bayonet,’ Jackson implored — but no one obeyed.
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Daily Quiz for July 29, 2017
Scientists began developing radar in the 1930’s. During World War II, the United States and Great Britain continued their work on radar while Germany quit for this reason.
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CWT Book Review: Mary Chesnut’s Illustrated Diary
Mary Chesnut’s Illustrated Diary: Mulberry Edition Boxed Set Mary Chesnut; Pelican Press Mary Boykin […]