This groundbreaking work of history investigates the mystery of how the Civil War began, reconsid...

Between February 1864 and April 1865, 41,000 Union prisoners of war were taken to the stockade at...

Between February 1864 and April 1865, 41,000 Union prisoners of war were taken to the stockade at...

Few events in Civil War history have generated such deliberate mythmaking as the retreat that end...

Ambrose Burnside, the Union general, was a major player on the Civil War stage from the first cla...

Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869), one of the nineteenth century’s most impressive legal and political...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may conta...

On June 19, 1864, the Confederate cruiser Alabama and the USS Kearsarge faced off in the English ...

Debunking many of the myths that have surrounded the Confederate retreat to Appomattox, Marvel sh...

Although Appomattox Court House is one of the most symbolically charged places in America, it was...

Born into a distinguished military family, Fitz John Porter (1822–1901) was educated at West Poin...

Considers whether poor northern men bore the highest burden of military service during the Americ...