Editor’s note: We are pleased to welcome Philip Leigh, who brings us a guest post on how the Civil War and
One of the most controversial weapons of the Civil War was the torpedo, what we would call a contact mine.
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inauguration With the Civil War quickly winding down to a close in April, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln
Today is the 150 anniversary of the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House,
The story of the last Confederate victory during the Civil War, as Johnston tried to stop Sherman’s advance.
Andrew Chandler with his slave Silas, who served as his servant during the war One of the most contentious issues
Every man was born for some purpose and if it is my lot to leave earth on the battle field,
George Washington Today is Washington’s Birthday! Celebrate by reading his papers, preserved in the Founders Online site from the National
Galveston in 1871 The largest of the Confederate States of America by far was Texas, and although Texans fought in