Richmond National Battlefield Park preserves the major sites of Robert E. Lee’s Seven Days Battle against George McClellan near the Confederate capital.   More »

The 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln guided the nation during the turbulent years of the American Civil War years.   More »

A superb organizer, General George McClellan proved less proficient leading Union forces during the Peninsula Campaign and at the Battle of Antietam during the Civil War.   More »

The rolling farmland of western Maryland is the site of the Antietam National Battlefield, the bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War.   More »

This week, author and Civil War Quarterly editor Roy Morris Jr. shares with us his personal list of the main Civil War generals who defined the war and shaped its outcome for the North and the South.   More »

This Civil War Timeline covers the events in late 1861, in which piecemeal military operations began to take shape, setting the stage for future conflicts between the North and the South.   More »

Naval operations along the Confederate coastline played a deciding factor in the outcome of the war, but it had “many fathers.”   More »

“But for you, there would have been no Battle of Bull Run.” – Confederate President Jefferson Davis to D.C. widow Rose Greenhow. But just who was she?   More »

As the foremost detective of his day, it is entirely possible that Allan Pinkerton could have prevented President Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre.   More »

Read “The Soldiers’ Missionary,” Roy Morris Jr.’s in-depth feature here.   More »