US Civil War

Gen. Ulysses Grant sacrificed many soldiers to achieve victory over the superior tactics, techniques, and procedures of Confederate commanders.

May 13, 2012 – Eliot Elwar

Gen. Robert Edward Lee was a master tactician and strategist who inflicted tremendous damage on the Union Army during the American Civil War

May 13, 2012 – Eliot Elwar

Soldiers in the U.S. Civil War had difficult lives. One major source of discomfort was food, or rather the lack of it.

May 3, 2012 – Scott Hayden

Exiles of the failed European revolutions of 1848, the Forty-Eighters, had a significant role during the American Civil War era.

Apr 23, 2012 – William L. Wunder

Refugees from Ireland's Great Potato Famine faced new challenges in the United States, on the eve of the Civil War.

Feb 27, 2012 – Melanie Forde