Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Lincoln's Last Days
Garry Adelman travels to Washington, D.C. and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to find objects and stories associated with President Abraham Lincoln's last...
James Gilpatrick Blunt
While the life of James Gilpatrick Blunt began in the Northeast, it was in the West that he would achieve his fame as a Union commander. Blunt was...
Lincoln on Re-election
In the summer of 1864, as Abraham Lincoln became increasingly convinced that he would not be re-elected, he wrote the following letter and asked his...
Military Rank & Insignia
VIDEO | Kristopher White of the American Battlefield Trust details the rank of soldiers in the Union and Confederate Armies during the Civil War, and...
William Henry French
William Henry French, a career military man, was born January 13, 1815, in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from the United States Military Academy...
How Well Do You Know Jefferson Davis?
How much do you know about the man who guided the Confederate States through the Civil War?
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