Was the cause of Confederate defeat external, or internal? Those who emphasize internal causes attribute the failure to breakdowns in Confederate leadership, both political and military ...

It was a year and a week after the fateful Confederate defeat at Gettysburg, four months after the advent of Ulysses S. Grant as the Federal General in Chief, and a month since Grant's armies had ...

With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

After intense fighting among the rocks and trees throughout the day and evening, no Confederate breakthrough occurs in the south. (Continued below map) In the north, Confederate forces attempt to ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

Today, and every April 9 to come, should be a national holiday. A holiday to commemorate, celebrate, and sanctify the story ...

Since the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War, the United States has been plagued with its violent consequences.Following the Civil War, there was a rise of neo-Confederate hate groups who ...

and that Confederate soldiers were heroic and defeated militarily only because the Union's overwhelming advantages in men and resources.

If you’ve ever spent time in downtown Fayetteville, you may have noticed a stone monument on the northwest corner of the old ...

Foster, Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South, 1865 to 1913 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1987) David Goldfield, Still Fighting the Civil War ...

A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top ...