Overview :The events at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865 have long been considered the end of the Civil War. However, there were st... Read More
Overview :The Devil's to Pay: WINNER of the 2014 GETTYSBURG CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE BOOK AWARD Although many books on Gettysburg have addressed the role... Read More
Overview :Just before dawn on June 9, 1863, Union soldiers materialized from a thick fog near the banks of Virginia's Rappahannock River to ambush sle... Read More
Overview :The Complete Story of a Legendary Civil War Unit The Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, also known as Rush's Lancers, was a completely volunteer u... Read More
Overview :The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, March 10, 1865, was one of most important but least known engagements of William T. Sherman's Carolinas C... Read More
Overview :The Army of the Potomac's mounted units suffered early in the Civil War at the hands of the horsemen of the South. However, by 1863, the Fed... Read More
Overview :Most students of the American Civil War know about the terrible fighting that occurred at Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia, from June... Read More
Overview :Though West Virginia was founded for the purpose of remaining loyal to the Union, severing ties with Virginia, home of the capital of the Co... Read More
Overview :"West Virginia was the child of the storm," concluded early Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran, Maj. Theodore F. Lang. The northwes... Read More
Overview :Unlike Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. William T. Sherman, whose controversial Civil War-era reputations persist today, Maj. Gen. Philip H. S... Read More
Overview :The Johnson-Gilmor Raid represents one of three attempts to free prisoners of war during the American Civil War. Like the other two, it was ... Read More
Overview :In 2014, Eric J. Wittenberg published "The Devil's to Pay" John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour, an award-winning study of ... Read More
Overview :One of the few Confederate battlefield victories in the dark days of 1865 occurred at Aiken, South Carolina, on February 11, 1865. Aiken its... Read More
Overview :Few aspects of the battle of Gettysburg are as misunderstood as the role played by the cavalry of both sides. Protecting the Flank at Gettys... Read More