By Christopher Miskimon
In the late afternoon of September 17, 1862 the 7th Maine Regiment received new orders. The Battle of Antietam had raged throughout the day. Thousands were dead and even more lay wounded on the field or suffering in hospitals behind the lines. After horrible combat at places known   More »

The four tragic years of the American Civil War, fought 1861 to 1865, strengthened the Federal government and ended slavery in the United States.   More »

The little-known Battle for La Fière has been called “probably the bloodiest small unit struggle in the experience of American arms.”   More »

Experienced regimental commanders in the woods near Culp’s Hill took one look at their new orders and shook their heads. It was a death sentence.   More »

Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet faced a daunting task trying to dislodge Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Federals from Knoxville, Tennessee.   More »

Thaddeus Lowe and his Union Army Balloon Corps pioneered aerial reconnaissance over some of the first battlefields of the American Civil War.   More »

The Bureau of Military Information was the most sophisticated intelligence-gathering system created during the American Civil War.   More »

America’s bloodiest day began with heavy fighting that ravaged a previously innocuous cornfield in western Maryland.   More »

Walt Whitman went to Washington in 1863 searching for his brother. He stayed throughout the war visiting wounded soldiers at military hospitals.   More »

Ever the gambler, Robert E. Lee put all his remaining chips into the hands of his youngest corps commander at Petersburg.   More »