Outmanned and outgunned, the Rebels develop an explosive secret weapon. On August 5, 1864, […]
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Rebels in Check
Robert E. Lee counted on Union mistakes to help his gambit at Gettysburg succeed. […]
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Daily Quiz for February 16, 2018
Selina Norris Gray was a household slave of this famous American.
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Shame in the Shenandoah
Earning the ire of his superiors and subordinates alike, Union General Franz Sigel loses […]
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Steak for supper, boys!
Wade Hampton and his cattle-rustling Rebels find the beef. Since ancient times, men have […]
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“One Learns Fast in a Fight”
So observed Theodore Roosevelt after the shoot-out in Las Guásimas in Cuba. His first experience of combat was almost his last
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Twilight at the White House
Seth Grahame-Smith’s mash-up novel offers a bloody new motive for civil war. Owing perhaps […]
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Dateline: Gettysburg
Lincoln predicted the world would little note nor long remember what he said; reporter […]
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The Blog Roll: Name Game
Those who insist that “Civil War” misrepresents the nature of the war and the Confederate cause confront the inconvenient truth that many Confederates used “civil war” (usually lower case) before, during, and after the war.
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The Two Argonnes
Half a century after his father fought in the final Allied offensive of World War I, the author sought to recapture his experiences