
Fort and Fortitude: Pushing the Confederate Army to the Breaking Point
Known in official reports as Redoubt H, it was a key part of the Union’s plan to push the Confederate army to the breaking point.
Known in official reports as Redoubt H, it was a key part of the Union’s plan to push the Confederate army to the breaking point.
Antietam’s opening fight turned a field of crops into a scene of slaughter
The 600 tablets scattered about the site tell the story of the battle with color coding and precise placement
But the Eighth Kansas's spirited charge helped the Army of the Cumberland take the heights
A former licensed battlefield guide breaks down the critical judgments that decided the titanic engagement’s outcome
Union possession of the most important ground on the Antietam battlefield came only after critical errors
An little-discussed factor was the social revolution that preceded Vicksburg's surrender—the destruction of the plantation oligarchy and the liberation of 100,000 slaves
Lee's orders to Longstreet were to strike the Union line on the open slope of Cemetery Ridge (but Yankee guns interfered)
A volunteer battery’s resolve on July 1, 1863, merits more attention. It helped secure the Union victory
The Maine man's attempts at reconciliation were met with the Virginian's everlasting bitterness
Plenty of blame to go around for the defeat that cost the Union army 13,000 casualties
An Iron Brigade captain recounts his regiment's epic Gettysburg fight
When history travel becomes a reality, visit the small town where the border war got seriously ugly
A few of our favorite locations on the war's most gory single-day battlefield
The surrender at Appomattox Court House has been remembered—and misremembered—from the day the Army of Northern Virginia laid down its arms.
Confederate Iverson and Yankee Stoneman each hoped to restore a stained reputation