The morning of September 17, 1862, dawned peacefully in the farming community of Sharpsburg, Mary...

After the Civil War ended in April 1865, the country needed to rebuild itself. Yet putting the co...

When Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States in 1861, he faced the most severe cris...

When young Thomas Jackson was promoted three times in 15 months during the United States-Mexican ...

At the start of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee was forced to choose between the country he had serv...

The North and the South had grown apart, developing different ways of life with different types o...

When Jefferson Davis announced the secession of his home state of Mississippi from the Union, he ...

Gettysburg, a quiet Pennsylvania farm town, was located at the intersection of nine major roads. ...

When the South seceded to form the Confederate States of America, few people knew the name Ulysse...

When people read about the Civil War, it is often stories about daring soldiers in battle. But so...