Pieces from the USS Monitor Center’s collection illustrate that the famous Monitor-Virginia duel heralded a sea change in naval art as well as technology.
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To Conquer a Peace: Lee’s Goals in the Gettysburg Campaign
Battlefield victory may not have officially been part of the Confederate plan in Pennsylvania, […]
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A North Carolinian for the Cause
Name: Jesse B. Vick Dates: 1829-1864 Allegiance: Confederate Highest Rank: Private Unit: Company H, […]
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CWT Book Review: Distant Bugles, Distant Drums
Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico […]
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The Big Business of Bahamian Blockade Running
Fortunes were made and lost, goodwill mixed with wild speculation in a peculiar atmosphere […]
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Joe Hooker’s Chancellorsville
The general stood at the brink of victory in May 1863—and then it all […]
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The Wilderness: Grant and Lee Meet at Last
The spring of 1864 began full of hope in the North. Having received control […]
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A Buckeye Blacksmith Heads South With Sherman
Name: Richard K. Hulse Dates: 1828-1915 Allegiance: Union Highest Rank: First lieutenant (promoted to […]
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CWT Book Review: This Mighty Scourge
This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War by James M. McPherson, Oxford University […]
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Seven Days That Saved Richmond in 1862
Although the Confederates had won the first major battle in the state of Virginia […]