Bushrod Johnson found fame as a Confederate general in the Civil War. An unlikely destiny for a man who had been born in Ohio and raised as a Quaker.   More »

B-29s built in Georgia helped the United States win the war with Japan.   More »

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

Although the craft of photography was still in its infancy, battlefield photographers managed to make lasting record of the conflict.   More »

Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector, received the Medal of Honor for courage under fire.   More »

Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest rose from the ranks to become a daring and audacious cavalry commander during the American Civil War.   More »

Union General William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea was a defining chapter in the American Civil War; Sherman became remembered in the South as a brutal proponent of total war.   More »

The largest cavalry battle of the American Civil War took place at Brandy Station, Virginia, where J.E.B. Stuart’s Confederates and Alfred Pleasonton’s Federals clashed, swords flashing and pistols blazing.   More »

In the deep woods of Chickamauga Creek, wary Union and Confederate soldiers thrashed the the under brush seeking a confrontation to the death.   More »

Polish-born Union Army Colonel Wlodzimierz Kryzanowski showed great skill handling his troops during key battles of the American Civil War.   More »