Overview :Born in Shawneetown, Illinois in time to be newly graduated from West Point when the Civil War started, James H. Wilson became a brigadier g... Read More
Overview :The film Gettysburg introduced the general public to Union cavalry leader John Buford and his key role on the first day of the battle; no fu... Read More
Overview :The name George Armstrong Custer looms large in American history, specifically for his leadership in the American Indian Wars and unfortunat... Read More
Overview :When Union and Confederate forces squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major military campaign woul... Read More
Overview :Joshua Chamberlain became the "hero of Gettysburg" when he and his regiment, the 20th Maine, bravely held Little Round Top against a determi... Read More
Overview :Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award, Gentleman and Soldier is the first biography in more than fifty years of Wade Hampton ... Read More
Overview :In this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his mi... Read More
Overview :Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler served in two armies, playing a major role in the development of Confederate cavalry in the Civil War's western the... Read More
Overview :To pit the legendary Confederate cavalry leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and his veteran cavalry regiments against a rookie Union Infantry col... Read More
Overview :Fifteen years have passed since the publication of the last full-length biography of Jeb Stuart. Several have appeared during the last centu... Read More