Charge of the 54th Massachusetts – From Glory This really happened on July 18, 1863. 150...
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Do You Stand With Klan?
Senator Rand Paul may find himself in the hot seat tonight as it has been revealed that the co...
The 150 Year Civil War
Tony Horwitz, the author of the great Confederates in the Attic, wrote an interesting piece for The...
Morning Awesome
The Civil War, by Ken Burns – Gettysburg, Day Three 150 years ago today, the high water mark...
Civil War History vs. Suburban Sprawl
As we advance into the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg: Day Two, it’s important to note...
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The Charge of the 20th Maine – From Gettysburg 150 years ago today: Day Two of the Battle of...
150 Years Ago Today, the Good Guys Almost Lost
If it hadn’t been for a crafty “defense in depth” by a little known U.S. cavalry...
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The 75th Anniversary of Gettysburg Newsreel Footage Today marks the 150th Anniversary of Day One of...
Should U.S. Forts Be Named After Confederate Traitors?
I don’t think anything should be named after Confederates, especially when the same people...
Civil War Soldiers Were Real People
In honor of Memorial Day, here are some of my favorite photographs from the Civil War. Predictably...
The Civil War Was Fought Over Slavery. Period.
David Frum wrote a nice piece about this topic in the context of commemorating the 25th anniversary...
The Lost Cause
Media Matters brings us up to speed on the incoming president of the National Rifle Association...
On This Day in History, Something Truly Great Happened
Seriously. On Sept. 22, 1862 — 150 years ago today — Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation...
The Doctor Who Saved Lincoln. Briefly.
They've discovered the first draft of a medical report written by the doctor who first treated...
How Many Men Died in the Civil War?
For decades, it's been generally accepted that around 620,000 men were killed during the American...
Last Surviving Witness to Lincoln's Assassination
Via Cliff Schecter, here's a clip from the 1956 game show "I've Got A Secret" featuring the last...
Slave Tells Former Master to Suck It
This is fascinating. Historians discovered this 1864 letter from a former slave to his former...
African-Americans and Studying the Civil War
Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a phenomenal piece in The Atlantic's Civil War commemorative issue, and he...
Shocker: Bill O'Reilly's Lincoln Book is Crap
O'Reilly wrote a book about the Lincoln assassination, and it's loaded with name and detail errors...
The Death Toll from Secession
The Civil War continues to be the most deadly American war, but the approximately 600,000 deaths...