Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Lee's Headquarters at Gettysburg
In this War Department™ episode, hear longtime licensed Gettysburg guide and published author Tim Smith as well as the Trust's own Garry Adelman...
Philip Sheridan and Gouverneur K. Warren Artifacts at Five Forks
VIDEO | Garry Adelman travels to the West Point Museum of History to examine objects and artifacts related to the fateful Battle of Five Forks...
The Fighting MacArthurs
A father and son separated by generations of war, Arthur and Douglas MacArthur became the first family duo to both receive the Medal of Honor
Francis J. Herron
The Civil War saw many common men elevated to the status of hero, and Francis Jay Herron was one of these men. Herron would rise from his position of...
Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial
Clay, Indiana | This National Park Service site memorializes the boyhood home of Abraham Lincoln, where he lived from ages seven to twenty-one.
Lincoln, the Great Emancipator
Lithograph of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.
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