Published: 8/7/24Boy SoldiersBy: FRANCES M. CLARKE AND REBECCA JO PLANTCategory: Articles ONE IN 10 UNION SOLDIERS WAS UNDERAGE WHEN THEY ENLISTED. THEIR PRESENCE DISRUPTED FAMILIES, CREATED CHAOS—AND HELPED WIN THE WAR.
Published: 8/7/24Haven & HorrorBy: Mark H. DunkelmanCategory: Articles WHERE DO YOU GO when you visit the Gettysburg battlefield? Little Round Top? Devil’s Den? The scene of Pickett’s Charge, or some other recognized site? Three lesser-known stops have priority...
Published: 8/7/24The Fate of CharlestonBy: Glenn W. LaFantastieCategory: Articles THE RAPID RISE AND PRECIPITOUS FALL OF THE BIRTHPLACE OF SECESSION
Published: 5/14/24Partners in WarBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Articles AT THE OUTBREAK of the Civil War, high-ranking Union and Confederate officers were, on average, a decade older than the men in the ranks. And while those younger troops were...
Published: 5/14/24The Man Who Broke The KlanBy: Fergus M. BordewichCategory: Articles The Klan had spread to almost all of the former Confederacy, but no place was more firmly in its grip than York County, South Carolina. Unusually for a professional soldier, Merrill combined forcefulness with an acute sociological eye.
Published: 5/14/24The Draper Raid of June 1864By: Colin WoodwardCategory: Articles Draper’s conduct did come into question, and his men’s behavior on the march through the Northern Neck has been the subject of controversy ever since.