Gen. Sherman’s Atlanta conquest took a little longer than he hoped. Five grueling months, […]
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A Voice in the Wilderness
U.S. Grant’s famous order changed the Union’s tune—but had Meade thought of it first?
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An Artist Embedded with the Union Army
John Edwin Forbes spent more than two years sketching the soldiers and battles of the Civil War.
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Bewilderment at Brandy Station
Was the greatest cavalry battle on U.S. soil the beginning of the end for […]
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Her War: ‘In the company’ with Susie King Taylor
In early April 1862, shortly after Union forces had taken Fort Pulaski in Savannah […]
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Cease-Fire: Think this election’s critical? Consider 1864
If it’s springtime in the United States in an even-numbered calendar year, then it […]
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Daily Quiz for March 20, 2017
First Lady Abigail Adams did not attend her husband’s presidential inauguration for this reason.
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Daily Quiz for March 19, 2017
During his administration, this U.S. president and his family maintained a second home in Washington D.C. named Red Top.
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Daily Quiz for March 18, 2017
This U.S. presidential wife did not like the term First Lady stating it sounded like the name of a saddle horse.
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Book Review: Our One Common Country
Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865 […]