Almost as soon as the fighting began, soldiers in the Civil War began memorializing their fallen comrades…
Following his May 1863 victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee invaded…
Civil War political generals illustrate the applicability of von Clausewitz’s description of war as a…
The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry was a three-year regiment that fought with the Army of the Potomac.…
The story of the Federal cavalry during the Civil War is not only the story of the development of raw…
Many of the men and boys who enlisted in either army, particularly in the early stages of the war, did…
For nearly six years the site described by Thomas Jefferson as “one of the most stupendous in nature”…
Even as the Civil War raged, soldiers began erecting monuments where they fought and buried the dead.…
Brandy Station is best understood when viewed as the opening combat action concurrent with the Confederate…
On February 5, 1863, ten days after assuming command of the Army of the Potomac, Major General Joseph…
The Confederate and Union War Department Ordnance Bureaus were responsible for supplying their respective…
Johnny Reb—in popular culture, as well as the serious study of the Civil War—is the symbolic representation…
Civil War Memory has been contested since the guns fell silent in 1865, partly because issues related…
Regimental histories were—and still are—a popular subgenre of Civil War history. They catalog a regiment’s…
Confederate troops were rushed by rail to confront the Union army led by Brigadier General Irwin McDowell…
While military reenacting is popular in many countries and covering many wars, Civil War Reenacting has…
The battle of Helena occurred on July 4, 1863, a day when Union armies scored key victories in three…
Porter Alexander played an active role at First Bull Run and took part in the surrender at Appomattox.…
Mathew Brady (circa 1823-1896) is arguably one of the most important American photographers of the nineteenth…
General Robert E. Lee | Mary Custis Lee | Arlington | Army of Northern Virginia | Seven Days Battles…
Washington, DC, was the most strategic and vulnerable city in the Union during the Civil War. Sandwiched…
The Civil War is a central focus of American history and American historical scholarship, and yet our…
