The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on Richmond aimed to skewer the Confederate capital, but instead became known as ‘The Dahlgren Affair.’   More »

A skilled, brilliant officer in the Confederate Navy, John Taylor Wood inflicted major damage on the U.S. Navy.   More »

This American Civil War timeline covers the events of July to December 1862, from the Peninsula Campaign to the Battle of Stones River.   More »

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

Lasting nine-and-a-half months, Battle of Petersburg was a major event in the American Civil War. Below are the major battle sites visitors shouldn’t miss.   More »

John Maxwell placed a bomb aboard a cargo ship at City Point in August 1864 in a desperate bid to slow the flow of supplies to Union troops at Petersburg.   More »

Abraham Lincoln clashed publicly with Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont over his hasty emancipation proclamation in Missouri.   More »

Historians are always in argument over how General Kilpatrick’s raid on Richmond had failed, but how did it come about? Read more about it inside.   More »

Ulysses S. Grant would later admit that Cold Harbor was the one battle he “would not fight again.” Many federal soldiers who survived would agree.   More »

An plan to tunnel beneath Confederate defenses at Petersburg and blast a huge hole inadvertently became a crater of death for Union soldiers.   More »