More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with “April 1865: The Month ...

Michael Lally, an immigrant to Massachusetts from Ireland, fought for the Union in more than a dozen major battles of the Civil War ... dated July 16, 1861 (just before the first battle of Bull Run) ...

Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War (1861-1865 ... divisions—cavalry and infantry, for example.

In the volume under review, noted historian of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Earl J. Hess ... determinist view that introduction of rifles shaped the tactics of infantry combat. The dominant ...

Grant entered the Civil War with ... 42nd Ohio Infantry regiment. He later served as chief of staff to Gen. William S. Rosecrans. Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving ...

Seeing a woman in the midst of the hotly contested Civil War battlefield of Spotsylvania surprised the veteran officer of the 8th Ohio Infantry ... moved to the United States following his death.

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army.

Far less well known is the strategic importance of Farragut to the outcome of the Civil War. “That little man ... With worse luck, McPherson reminds us, the hero of Mobile Bay could have ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired ... a week after South Carolina seceded from the United States. State representatives had met both before ...

Michael Lally, an immigrant to Massachusetts from Ireland, fought for the Union in more than a dozen major battles of the Civil War ... dated July 16, 1861 (just before the first battle of Bull Run) ...