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Richmond: Capital of the Confederacy

The Virginia Secession Convention had voted against secession on April 4, 1861, however, with the Confederate…

William Tecumseh Sherman

Biography of William Tecumseh Sherman

George Brinton McClellan

For good or ill, no Union military commander except Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant had a greater…

Civil War Timelines

Despite the welcomed movement away from history solely focusing on events, names, and dates, historians…

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