In the Civil War, both the United States of America and the Confederate States of America were confronted…
From 1791(Vermont) to 1861 (Kansas) the United States added twenty-one states to the original thirteen.…
While often recognized as a leading advocate for the Lost Cause during Reconstruction and having a storied…
Primary sources are vital for two reasons. First, they allow the author to write history not just retell…
Published in 1862, Alleghania described Appalachia (a term that came into common usage later in the 19th…
Numeric analysis remains one of the sharpest tools within the workshop of social science for interpreting…
The battle of Helena occurred on July 4, 1863, a day when Union armies scored key victories in three…
Porter Alexander played an active role at First Bull Run and took part in the surrender at Appomattox.…
In the wake of the US Civil War, approximately ten thousand Confederates expats left the geographic space…
Peninsula Campaign | General George B. McClellan | General Robert E. Lee | General John B. Magruder |…
In early May, 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant launched a campaign to crush General Robert E.…
Confederates created Fort Pillow, starting in the summer of 1861, on a high bluff above the Mississippi…
West Virginia was formed in 1861 by counties west of the Alleghenies whose inhabitants voted against…
