Overview :The morning of September 17, 1862, dawned peacefully in the farming community of Sharpsburg, Maryland. But this day would be like no other i... Read More
Overview :Gettysburg, a quiet Pennsylvania farm town, was located at the intersection of nine major roads. The town, set amid rolling hills and valley... Read More
Overview :The North and the South had grown apart, developing different ways of life with different types of problems. To the South, compromise no lon... Read More
Overview :When people read about the Civil War, it is often stories about daring soldiers in battle. But soldiers were not the only ones involved in t... Read More
Overview :When the South seceded to form the Confederate States of America, few people knew the name Ulysses S. Grant. But by the end of the Civil War... Read More
Overview :At the start of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee was forced to choose between the country he had served for 30 years and his home state of Virgi... Read More
Overview :After the Civil War ended in April 1865, the country needed to rebuild itself. Yet putting the country back together was not a simple task: ... Read More
Overview :When Jefferson Davis announced the secession of his home state of Mississippi from the Union, he didn't expect that he would soon be elected... Read More
Overview :When Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States in 1861, he faced the most severe crisis the nation had ever experienced. The Sou... Read More