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Battles
Published: 6/3/22
Eyewitness to Cold Harbor
Read Colonel Theodore Lyman's eyewitness letter about brutal Battle of Cold Harbor, fought in June 1864.
Published: 1/18/22
Essential Reading on the Peninsula Campaign
anne s.k. brown military collection George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac on the move during the Peninsula Campaign In the spring and early summer of 1862, Union general George B....
Published: 11/10/21
The Summer of ’63: Gettysburg (2021)
A diverse series of contributions about the epic July 1863 battle.
Published: 11/4/21
Gettysburg Photo Mystery Solved?
A look at how 3D technology may have helped solved a longtime mystery surrounding an old Gettysburg photograph.
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Published: 10/15/21
The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia
Discover the captivating illustrations of The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia, which tell the story of the battles fought along the Western & Atlantic Railroad during the Civil War.
Published: 9/20/21
Unceasing Fury at Chickamauga
Read Confederate soldier W.W. Heartsills' firsthand account of his participation in the Battle of Chickamauga.
Published: 7/28/21
No Place for Glory (2021)
A reinterpretation of one of the Gettysburg Campaign's pivotal episodes.
Published: 7/20/21
After Fort Wagner
Read 54th Massachusetts soldier Lewis Douglass' letter about the Battle of Fort Wagner which he wrote days after the the famed fight.
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Published: 7/18/21
The 54th Massachusetts at Fort Wagner
Discover the story of the 54th Massachusetts at Fort Wagner, a pivotal moment in the acceptance of black troops during the Civil War.
Published: 6/1/21
Ephraim Cutler Dawes at Shiloh
Read how Union officer Ephraim Cutler Dawes, a 21-year-old college graduate with no military experience, helped avert disaster at Shiloh.
Published: 6/1/21
Sign of the Times
A bullet-riddled sign for William T. King’s Gettysburg tailor shop helps tell the story of the epic battle's impact on the small town.
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Published: 6/1/21
The Wilderness Myth
Understanding how and why the Wilderness of Spotsylvania earned its reputation as a uniquely hostile Civil War landscape.
Published: 4/16/21
War’s Early Days
Read South Carolina diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut's gripping account of the fall of Fort Sumter and its aftermath.
Published: 4/15/21
“The First Gun is Fired”
The story—and lyrics—of George Root's Apri 1861 song about Fort Sumter, "The First Gun is Fired: May God Protect the Right."
Published: 3/7/21
United States Sanitary Commission at Gettysburg
Facts and figures about the U.S. Sanitary Commission's work at Gettysburg after the epic battle, one of its largest relief efforts of the war.
Published: 7/30/20
Eyewitness to the Crater
Read Confederate officer William "Willie" Pegram's eyewitness account of the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
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Published: 12/20/19
The March to the Sea
Explore the historic March to the Sea during the American Civil War through images. Follow General Sherman's path as he outmaneuvered Confederate forces and secured Savannah.
Published: 12/14/19
Eyewitness to the Battle of Fredericksburg
Explore the Battle of Fredericksburg through the eyewitness account of Union officer William Thompson Lusk.