Readers expecting to experience the Vicksburg Campaign through a pre-adolescent’s rough-honed grammar will pleasantly encounter a fast-flowing and well-written historical tale in Fred Grant at ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

I wish Kurt Schlichter wasn’t writing books like " AMERICAN APOCALYPSE: The Second American Civil War " or its predecessor, " The Attack ." Not because they aren’t good books; they are tremendous. But ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

Read the Sullivan Ballou letter and learn more about the background of it. Ironically, Sullivan Ballou's letter was never mailed.

Wikimedia Commons/Christophe cagé The First Shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, ...