The Suspension of Habeas Corpus by North and South was used to detain suspected disloyal individuals.
Biography of Confederate Lieutenant General Wade Hampton III
The Hampton Roads Peace Conference culminated in a meeting between President Lincoln and Secretary of…
Biography of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, hero of Gettysburg.
For nearly six years the site described by Thomas Jefferson as “one of the most stupendous in nature”…
The battle of Helena occurred on July 4, 1863, a day when Union armies scored key victories in three…
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. may not have been one of the Civil War's most memorable soldiers, but he became…
The Civil War changed the lives of civilians as well as those of soldiers.
Biography of Confederate General John Bell Hood
The Civil War saw significant developments in the treatment of wounded soldiers on and behind the battlefield.
Union Major General Oliver Otis Howard
How a new nation arose from the crucible of war