Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
The Peninsula Campaign: McClellan’s Strategic Masterstroke and Tactical Blunder
American military history is infused with examples of amphibious military operations. Shortly after the Revolutionary War, the American merchant...
Frenemies in Arms
Rivalries and friendships shaped the Civil War, with old friends and classmates divided by battle lines. From Thanksgiving origins to tense reunions...
John M. Schofield
Biography of Civil War Union General John McAllister Schofield
Lincoln's Funeral Train and the Grand Review
Digitized photos from the Library of Congress provide remarkable details of the 1,654-mile journey of Lincoln's Funeral Train and the May 23-24, 1865...
They Called Grant a Butcher. But can a butcher have regrets?
Cold Harbor. Two words that conjure images of brutality and futility. Out of 13 days of fighting, it is one charge on one day that came to...
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