Historians and history buffs alike discuss the American Civil War in terms of the Union ... of generals reporting directly to him. Like Grant, Lee considered the big-picture tactics during the ...

William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was ... surrender of the war. The religious faith of these men was varied like the American population today. On the Union side, Grant was raised in ...

New Dimensions of the American Civil War,” this is essential reading for those with an interest in military leadership during that conflict. Note: The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial ... to emigrate to Liberia by Confederate General Robert E. Lee, wrote to his American contacts that after Morris’ visit ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during ... 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War from ...